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Papcastle
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Papcastle is a village and civil parish in the district of Cumberland in the English county of Cumbria. The village is now effectively a northern extension of Cockermouth, which lies to the south of the River Derwent. It has its own parish council and lies within Bridekirk Parish for Church of England purposes. In 2001 it had a population of 406, reducing to 385 at the 2011 Census.
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cached 1584h agoPlace details
- Locality
- Papcastle
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.static_image
- Papcastle - Papcastle House.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 240px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Papcastle House
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Papcastle
- UK place.population
- 385
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Papcastle
- 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
- COCKERMOUTH
- UK place.postcode_district
- CA13
- UK place.postcode_area
- CA
- UK place.dial_code
- 01900
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NY109315
- UK place.pushpin_map
- United Kingdom Allerdale
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Allerdale
- Population
- 385
- Image
- Papcastle - Papcastle House.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01900
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- Commons category
- Papcastle
- OS grid reference
- NY109315
- historic county
- Cumberland
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Remains of Roman Derventio
- Village hall
- Bus Services
- See also
- References
- External links
Papcastle is a village and civil parish in the district of Cumberland in the English county of Cumbria. The village is now effectively a northern extension of Cockermouth, which lies to the south of the River Derwent. It has its own parish council and lies within Bridekirk Parish for Church of England purposes. In 2001 it had a population of 406, reducing to 385 at the 2011 Census.
The name of Papcastle is said to be a compound formed from Old Norse and Old English papi+cæster, meaning 'the Roman fort inhabited by a hermit'.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Papcastle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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