Английская Википедия:Dalston, Cumbria
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Dalston is a large village and civil parish within Cumberland unitary authority area, Cumbria, and historically part of Cumberland. It is situated on the B5299 road Шаблон:Convert south-south-west of Carlisle city centre, and approximately Шаблон:Convert from Junction 42 of the M6 motorway.
The village is on the River Caldew, just to the north of where the Roe Beck joins the river. It is served by the Dalston railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line between Шаблон:Stnlnk, Шаблон:Stnlnk + Шаблон:Stnlnk.
Historic buildings
Rose Castle, home of the Bishop of Carlisle for many centuries until 2009, is within the parish of Dalston, Шаблон:Convert from the heart of the village. The Architects Anthony Salvin and Thomas Rickman were responsible for the alterations which took place in the 19th Century.
Dalston Hall is a grade II* listed fortified house which is now a country house hotel.[1]
Dalston has two churches; St Michael's + All Angels Church.
Governance
There is a county electoral division of Dalston, stretching north towards Carlisle, with a total population at the 2011 United Kingdom census of 6,051.[2]
Education
There are two schools in Dalston, St. Michaels Primary School and Caldew Secondary School.
Economy
There is a Nestlé factory producing powdered milk, a BP fuel depot and the Barras Lane trading estate.
Notable people
- Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet (1792–1861) was educated at Dalston.[3]
- Georgiana Harcourt (1807–1886), translator, was born at Dalston while her father Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt was Bishop of Carlisle.[4]
- William Paley (1743–1805), was Vicar of Dalston in the 1780s.[5]
- Edward Rainbowe (1608–1684) lived here while Bishop of Carlisle.
- George Robinson (1737–1801), London publisher, was born here.[6]
- Sarah Story, DJ[7]
- Musgrave Watson (1804–1847), sculptor, was born here.
See also
References
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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- ↑ Jonathan Parry, "Graham, Sir James Robert George, second baronet (1792–1861)", in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OUP, 2004) online at doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/11204 Шаблон:Subscription
- ↑ Baptism on 27 July 1807 at the Parish Church, Dalston: “Georgiana Charlotte Frances Harcourt daughter of Edward and Ann Harcourt”
- ↑ James E. Crimmins, "William Paley (1743–1805)" in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OUP, 2004)
- ↑ Henry Richard Tedder, ”Robinson, George“, in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 49
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
External links
- Cumbria County History Trust: Dalston (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
- Dalston Community Website
