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Bassenthwaite is a village and civil parish to the east of Bassenthwaite Lake in Cumbria, historically part of Cumberland, within the Lake District National Park, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 412,[1] increasing to 481 at the 2011 Census.[2] There is a Church of England Church, St John's Bassenthwaite[3] and a tiny Methodist chapel. The village contains many elements of the archetypal English village including a green, primary school and a stream that runs through it.

Bassenthwaite is at the foot of Skiddaw, one of the highest mountains in England at Шаблон:Convert. Robin Hood,[4] Skiddaw, Ullock Pike, Longside Edge and Barf can be seen from the village.

Location

Bassenthwaite is approximately Шаблон:Convert from Bassenthwaite Lake, Шаблон:Convert east of Cockermouth, Шаблон:Convert north of Keswick, Шаблон:Convert south of Carlisle and Шаблон:Convert west of Penrith.

Toponymy

The name 'Bassenthwaite' is derived from an Old Norse name meaning Bastun's clearing. The 1st element is usually taken to be the Anglo-French nickname or surname Шаблон:Lang, originally meaning stick, while the 2nd is the Old Norse Шаблон:Lang meaning clearing. The lake, in early times known as Bastun's water, takes its name from the village.[5]

Governance

Bassenthwaite is part of the parliamentary constituency of Workington. In the December 2019 general election, the Tory candidate for Workington, Mark Jenkinson, was elected the MP, overturning a 9.4 per cent Labour majority from the 2017 election to eject shadow environment secretary Sue Hayman by a margin of 4,136 votes.[6] Until the December 2019 general election The Labour Party has won the seat in the constituency in every general election since 1979.The Conservative Party has only been elected once in Workington since World War II, at the 1976 by-election.[7]

Prior to Brexit, for the European Parliament residents in Bassenthwaite voted to elect MEP's for the North West England constituency.

For Local Government purposes it is in the Cumberland unitiary authority area.

Bassenthwaite has its own Parish Council; Bassenthwaite Parish Council.[8]

St Bega's Church

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Bassenthwaite

The Church of St Bega is the parish church of Bassenthwaite, it's in a field near the lake, some distance away from the village. It was built about 950 AD and is a Grade II* listed building,[9]

St John's Church was built later as a chapel of ease.[3]

See also

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References

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