Wythop
Sign in to saveWythop is a civil parish in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It lies between the towns of Cockermouth and Keswick and is within the Lake District National Park. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 36.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Wythop Beck and Eskin farm (geograph 2247416).jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Wythop Beck and Eskin farm
- UK place.official_name
- Wythop
- UK place.population
- 36
- UK place.population_ref
- (Parish, 2021)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Wythop
- 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
- 017687
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NY182290
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Wythop is a civil parish in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It lies between the towns of Cockermouth and Keswick and is within the Lake District National Park. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 36.
==Toponymy== 'Wythop' is " 'withy valley', cf. 'wīðig', 'hop' " (from the Old English). 'Wīðig','withy' means 'willow', 'hop' means 'a small enclosed valley'; so 'Wythop' is the 'valley of willow trees'.