Gilcrux
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Gilcrux is a small village and civil parish in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England, and historically part of Cumberland. It is situated just outside the Lake District National Park.
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- Locality
- Gilcrux
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Gilcrux
- UK place.civil_parish
- Gilcrux
- UK place.unitary_england
- Cumberland
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cumbria
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image
- St Mary's Church, Gilcrux - geograph.org.uk - 1805343.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St. Mary's Church, Gilcrux
- UK place.population
- 299
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Penrith and Solway
- UK place.post_town
- WIGTON
- UK place.postcode_area
- CA
- UK place.postcode_district
- CA7
- UK place.dial_code
- 01697
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NY115381
- UK place.pushpin_map
- United Kingdom Allerdale
- UK place.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Allerdale, Cumbria
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- Toponymy
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- Governance
- Landmarks
- Transport
- Demographics
- Climate
- Notable people
- See also
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- External links
Gilcrux is a small village and civil parish in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England, and historically part of Cumberland. It is situated just outside the Lake District National Park.
The village is on the south bank of the River Ellen around north of Cockermouth and around southwest of Carlisle, the county town of Cumbria. An early record of the village is shown on a map of the Cumbria area by Christopher Saxton in 1567, in which the village is known as Gilcrosse.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gilcrux” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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