Selside

Selside

St. Thomas's Church, Selside
Selside
Selside shown within Cumbria
Population 296 (2011)
OS grid reference SD539988
Civil parish
  • Whitwell and Selside
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town KENDAL
Postcode district LA8
Dialling code 01539
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK Parliament

Selside is a small village in rural Cumbria, situated about 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Kendal, close to the A6 road. It is now in the civil parish of Whitwell and Selside, though it was formerly in the parish of Kendal. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 296.[1]

St. Thomas's Church at Selside dates from 1838, with the tower added in 1894.[2] Near to the church, Selside Hall incorporates the remains of two pele towers of the 15th and 16th centuries, with 18th-century and later alterations and additions.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Civil parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Church of St Thomas, Whitwell And Selside". British Listed Buildings Online. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  3. ↑ Historic England. "Selside Hall (43164)". PastScape. Retrieved 3 June 2011.

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