Culgaith

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Village and civil parish in Cumbria, England

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::summary Village and civil parish in Cumbria, England ::

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static_image_captionAn old Cumbrian farmhouse in Culgaith
countryEngland
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typeVillage and parish
coordinates
population826
population_ref(2011)
civil_parishCulgaith
lieutenancy_englandCumbria
regionNorth West England
constituency_westminsterPenrith and Solway
post_townPENRITH
postcode_districtCA10
postcode_areaCA
dial_code01768
os_grid_referenceNY6129
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pushpin_map_captionLocation within Cumbria
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Culgaith is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, north-west England. The village is on a ridge above the River Eden, between Temple Sowerby and Langwathby. At the 2001 census the parish had a population of 721, increasing to 826 at the 2011 United Kingdom census.

Amenities include All Saints’ Church, and its associated primary school, as well as a public house. The village railway station closed in 1970.

Toponymy

The name Culgaith is first attested in the twelfth century, as Culgait. "This name is of most likely Brythonic origin. It is formed from an Old Celtic base *cūl, which has developed into Welsh 'cil', 'corner, retreat,' and British *koid, Welsh coed, 'wood'. The Old English form of the name would have been Cȳlcēt." The first element might also be *cǖl, 'narrow', which would give Culgaith the same toponymy as Culcheth.

Culgaith is less likely to be derived from Gaelic cid gaoit or cil gaoit, meaning 'at the back of the wind' and 'windy nook', respectively.

Geography

The B6412 road links Culgaith to the A66 road to the south and the village of Langwathby to the north west. The town of Penrith is 6 mi to the west. [[File:All Saints Church, Culgaith, Cumbria, UK - from the west.jpg|thumb|left|250px|All Saints Church, Culgaith. (2017)]]

History

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There was originally a chapel of Latin Christendom, attached to a mother church at Kirkland. However, at the time, the Lord of the Manor in Moieties of Land was Sir Michael de Hercla, later Earl of Carlisle. He fought alongside King Edward I in the Scottish wars of independence, and was present at the siege of Caerlaverock Castle in 1300. The Earl fell foul of the King, and was attained and sent to the dungeon at Carlisle. The Manor was alienated to Sir Hugh Monceby, a brave knight.

Lady Knyvett inherited the estates of the Morricebys and Pickerings at Culgaith. Sir Michael's son and heir Andrew de Hercla further angered the new King Edward II, who ordered his execution at Carlisle in 1327, supposedly the year of his own demise. Nonetheless, the wood, Kirklandres, at Culgaith Manor, was conveyed to the monks at York. During the Wars of the Roses, the Manor was transferred to the Priory of Carlisle, with the church and chapel of ease.

A grammar school was founded at the heart of the village opposite the parish church, for the parishes of Culgaith and Blencarn. Land at Culgaith was used to found the Barton Grammar School. Before his death in 1443 he conveyed the manor to Hugh Salkeld. By the census of 1811, the population of the area was grouped within the parish with the townships of Kirkland, Blencarn, and Skirwith.

There were 141 houses and 608 inhabitants in the chapelry, under the superior township of Skirwith. The population did not grow significantly until the 1960s. During the previous hundred years, Culgaith increased by only four people. During the industrial revolution the parish was distinctly agricultural, of which 3,052 acres were arable, 4625 were grazing pasture, and unbelievably, only 16 acres were woods in the whole of Kirk to Linton.

Railway

Culgaith railway station opened in 1880 and permanently closed in May 1970.

Notable people

References

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References

  1. "Culgaith Parish".
  2. "Culgaith Parish".
  3. "Culgaith All Saints Church".
  4. "Culgaith School".
  5. Mills, Anthony David. (2011). "A dictionary of British place-names". Oxford University Press.
  6. (1950–52). "The place-names of Cumberland". Cambridge University Press.
  7. Coates, Richard. (2000). "Celtic Voices, English Places: Studies of the Celtic Impact on Place-Names in Britain". Tyas.
  8. "The Brittonic Language in the Old North".
  9. "The Place-Names of England and Wales".
  10. Bing Maps straight line distance
  11. Bishop of Carlisle, Register
  12. Daniel Lysons and Samuel Lysons, 'General history: Civil and ecclesiastical divisions', in Magna Britannia: Volume 4, Cumberland (London, 1816), pp. xxviii-xxxi. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/magna-britannia/vol4/xxviii-xxxi.
  13. T.Cadell & W.Davies (eds.), ''Magna Britannia'', vol.IV, Cumberland (London, 1816)
  14. the fate of this family is told in the ''Chronicle of Lanercost Abbey''.
  15. C139/112/61; Cumberland and Westmorland. Antiquarian and Archaeological Society n.s. xxxiii. 53; Calendar of Pipe Rolls, 1429-36, p. 116.
  16. C139/112/61; Cumberland and Westmoreland. Antique and Archaeological Society n.s. xxxiii. 53; Calendar Pipe Rolls, 1429-36, p. 116.
  17. 'Kirkdale - Kirk-Linton', in A Topographical Dictionary of England, ed. Samuel Lewis (London, 1848), pp. 697-701. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/england/pp697-701.
  18. "PARLINFO - Parliamentarian File - Federal Experience - RICHARDSON, Matthew Kendal".

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