Applethwaite
Applethwaite is a village in the foot hills of Skiddaw near Keswick in the English Lake District. It is in the Borough of Allerdale and the county of Cumbria, and forms part of the civil parish of Underskiddaw, which has a population of 282.[1] The name derives from it originally being the clearing in a forest with apples in it.[2]
| Applethwaite | |
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 Applethwaite | |
  Applethwaite Location within Cumbria | |
| OS grid reference | NY2625 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Keswick |
| Postcode district | CA12 |
| Dialling code | 017687 |
| Police | Cumbria |
| Fire | Cumbria |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
Applethwaite is mentioned in Alfred Wainwright's The Northern Fells guide book. The narrator/nursemaid Helen in "The Old Nurse’s Story" by Elizabeth Gaskell is from the village.
The church
St Marys church in the village is plain with some stained glass windows. The other church here is St John the Evangelist.
See also
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Applethwaite. |
- Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Allerdale Archived 13 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2009-11-22
- The Free Dictionary
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