Английская Википедия:Hawkshead
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox UK place Hawkshead is a village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, the parish includes the hamlets of Hawkshead Hill, Шаблон:Convert to the north west, and Outgate, a similar distance north. Hawkshead contains one primary school but no secondary school and four public houses.
Geography
Hawkshead is just north of Esthwaite Water, in a valley to the west of Windermere and east of Coniston Water. It is part of Furness, making it a part of the ancient county of Lancashire.[1]
History
The township of Hawkshead was originally owned by the monks of Furness Abbey; nearby Colthouse derives its name from the stables owned by the Abbey. Hawkshead grew to be an important wool market in medieval times and later as a market town after the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1532. It was granted its first market charter by King James I in 1608. In 1585, Hawkshead Grammar School was established by Archbishop Edwin Sandys of York after he successfully petitioned Queen Elizabeth I for a charter to establish a governing body.[2]
In the 18th and 19th centuries, Hawkshead became a village of local importance. Hawkshead Market Hall was completed in 1790.[3]
William Wordsworth (afterwards poet laureate) was educated at Hawkshead Grammar School, whilst Beatrix Potter lived nearby as did William Heelis, a local solicitor, in the early 20th century.[4]
With the formation of the Lake District National Park in 1951, tourism grew in importance, though traditional farming still goes on around the village. Hawkshead has a timeless atmosphere and consists of a characterful warren of alleys, overhanging gables and a series of mediaeval squares. It is eloquently described in William Wordsworth's poem The Prelude.[5]
Much of the land in and around the village is now owned by the National Trust. The National Trust property is called Hawkshead and Claife.[6]
Governance
Hawkshead is part of the electoral ward of Coniston and Hawkshead in the Westmorland and Furness Council area.[7]
Parliamentary representation
Hawkshead is part of the Westmorland and Lonsdale parliamentary constituency and is represented in parliament by Tim Farron MP.[8]
See also
References
External links
- Cumbria County History Trust: Hawkshead and Monk Coniston with Skelwith (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
- Official Hawkshead website
- Beatrix Potter Gallery and Hawkshead information at the National Trust
- Hawkshead in an Illustrated guide to the Lake District
- Hawkshead Grammar School Museum
- Photographs of Hawkshead
- The Benefice of Hawkshead with Low Wray and Sawrey and Rusland and Satterthwaite
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