Dearham
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Dearham is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, historically part of Cumberland, near the Lake District National Park in England. It lies about east of Maryport and west of Cockermouth. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 2,151.
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Place details
- Locality
- Dearham
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,799
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Dearham_Village_Hall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_616179.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Dearham Village Hall
- UK place.official_name
- Dearham
- UK place.population
- 2,151
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Dearham
- UK place.unitary_england
- Cumberland
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cumbria
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Penrith and Solway
- UK place.post_town
- Maryport
- UK place.postcode_district
- CA15
- UK place.postcode_area
- CA
- UK place.dial_code
- 01900
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NY075365
- UK place.pushpin_map
- United Kingdom Allerdale
- UK place.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Allerdale
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- Governance
- Education
- St Mungo's Church
- Transport
- Bus
- Dearham Railway station
- The Smith crime syndicate
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Dearham is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, historically part of Cumberland, near the Lake District National Park in England. It lies about east of Maryport and west of Cockermouth. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 2,151.
==Toponymy== 'Dearham' is an Old Anglian compound of 'dēor' and 'hām'. Old Anglian is Old English. 'Dēor' means 'deer', 'hām' is 'homestead' or 'village' or 'estate'.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dearham” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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