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Hunsonby

Village and civil parish in Cumbria, England

Field	Value
country	England
static_image_name	Hunters Cottage - geograph.org.uk - 225969.jpg
static_image_caption	Hunters Cottage
coordinates
official_name	Hunsonby
population	388
population_ref	(2011 Census)
civil_parish	Hunsonby
unitary_england	Westmorland and Furness
lieutenancy_england	Cumbria
region	North West England
constituency_westminster	Penrith and Solway
post_town	Penrith
postcode_district	CA10
postcode_area	CA
dial_code	01768
os_grid_reference	NY5835
pushpin_map	United Kingdom Eden
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Eden, Cumbria

Hunsonby is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England, 7 mi north east of Penrith. The parish is located 28 mi south east of the city of Carlisle. Within the parish is the ancient stone circle of Long Meg and Her Daughters but not the nearby standing stone of Little Meg which is located near Langwathby. In 2011 the Census reported the parish to have a total population of 388.

In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hunsonby (and Winskill) as:

:"Hunsonby and Winskel, a township in Addingham parish, Cumberland; on a branch of the river Eden, 4 miles SSE of Kirkoswald. Real property, £1,690. Pop., 208. Houses, 38. There is a Wesleyan chapel."

History

19th century

The civil parish of Hunsonby was formed in 1934 from a merger of the two parishes of Hunsonby and Winskill and Little Salkeld, both of which were formed in 1866 out of the ecclesiastical and former civil parish of Addingham.

20th century

Historical Map on Hunsonby, published in 1945 by Ordnance Survey of Great Britain.

Geography

Hunsonby is 11,397.593m² in area, with an area of 33.22m² used for domestic buildings.

Places of worship

The only place of worship is an old Wesleyan Methodist chapel, which opened in 1862 but was closed in 2001.

Population

Employment

Occupational history

Recent occupational structure

The 2011 census revealed that still the biggest majority of workers are employed in the agriculture sector, matching Hunsonby's history. However, the second highest occupational group was managerial and Professional sector, showing a real shift in the occupations the last two centuries.

Transport

The A686 is the main road located near Hunsonby, which is the main route to the market town of Penrith. The nearest train station is in Langwathby.

References

"Hunsonby Parish".
(1870{{ndash}}72). "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales". A. Fullerton & Co.
"Relationships and changes Hunsonby CP through time". Vision of Britain.
"Key Figures for Physical Environment".
"Hunsonby Wesleyan Methodist Chapel".
"Hunsonby Population Data".
"Hunsonby Population Data".
"Population Density, 2011 (QS102EW)".
"Occupation (Minor Groups)".

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