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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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, Gilcrux is referenced by 15 other articles, and connects out to Carlisle, Lake District and Allerdale.
Vinony files it under Civil parishes in Cumbria, Cumberland (unitary authority) and Villages in Cumbria.
Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.
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cached 2274h agoPlace details
- Locality
- Gilcrux
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Allerdale
- Population
- 299
- Image
- The Parish Church of St Mary, Gilcrux - geograph.org.uk - 578528.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01697
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- Commons category
- Gilcrux
- postal code
- CA7
- OS grid reference
- NY115381
- historic county
- Cumberland
- P8168
- Štefan Mačák
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- Governance
- Landmarks
- Transport
- Demographics
- Climate
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- 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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2 mapped locations