Английская Википедия:Great Strickland
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Great Strickland is a village and civil parish in the Eden Valley between the Cumbrian mountains in the west and the Pennines in the east. It is Шаблон:Convert south east of Penrith, and is in the former county of Westmorland.[1] At the 2011 Census Great Strickland was grouped with Little Strickland, itself enlarged to include Thrimby after 2001, to give a total population of 370.[2] The equivalent figure from the 2001 census was 342.[3]
The sandstone village church is dedicated to Saint Barnabas and was constructed in 1872. It has a bell turret.[1]
To the west of the village lies the River Leith, the West Coast Main Line and the M6 Motorway. To the south lies the small settlement of Little Strickland.
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Strickland Coat of Arms
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St Barnabas' Church, Great Strickland
History
Шаблон:Main The village gets its name from a Scandinavian term for pastureland around the 9th and 10th centuries.
In 1179, the local heiress Christian de Leteham married Walter de Castlecarrock and he changed his name to de Strikeland.[4]
See also
References
External links
- Cumbria County History Trust: Great Strickland (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
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