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Aspatria

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Aspatria is a civil parish in the non-metropolitan district of Allerdale, and is currently embraced in the Parliamentary constituency of Workington, Cumbria, England. [1]

89 relations: A596 road, Allerdale, Allhallows, Cumbria, Allonby, Armour, Aspatria Agricultural College, Aspatria Agricultural Cooperative Society, Aspatria railway station, Aspatria RUFC, Bachal Isu, Baggrow, Bible Christian Church, Blennerhasset and Torpenhow, Brayton Hall, British Museum, Bromfield, Cumbria, Carlisle, Cumbria, Catholic Church, Celtic languages, Charles Dickens, Church of England parish church, Civil parish, Cockermouth, Coffeehouse, Congregational church, Cornwall, Creamery, Cumberland, Cumberland Coalfield, Cumbria, Dirk, Electoral district, Ellenborough, Cumbria, Fletchertown, Gilcrux, Greg Ridley, Henry J. Webb, Henry Thompson (veterinary surgeon), Jenny Cowern, Listed buildings in Aspatria, Manse, Maryport, Maryport and Carlisle Railway, Mattress, Maurice Stobbart, Mealsgate, Minister (Christianity), Music hall, Non-metropolitan district, Nonconformist, ..., Norsemen, Old Carlisle, Old Norse, Parish register, Penny reading, Plumbland, Primitive Methodist Church, Roland Stobbart, Roman roads, Rugby Football Union, Rugby union, Scabbard, Sealy Corporation, Sheila Fell, Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Brayton, Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet, of Brayton, Skeleton, Skiddaw, Solway Firth, St. Kentigern's Church, Aspatria, Sunday school, Sword, Temperance movement, Thomas Farrall, Tom Holliday (rugby), Township (England), Vikings, Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, Wesleyan Methodist Church (Great Britain), Westmorland, Westnewton, Cumbria, Wigton, Wilkie Collins, William Perry Briggs, William Slater Calverley, William Thompson Casson, Workington, Workington (UK Parliament constituency), Worship. Expand index (39 more) »

A596 road

The A596 is a primary route in Cumbria, in northern England, that runs between Thursby (north-east of Wigton) and Workington.

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Allerdale

Allerdale is a non-metropolitan district of Cumbria, England, with borough status.

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Allhallows, Cumbria

Allhallows is a civil parish in the Allerdale district of Cumbria, England.

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Allonby

Allonby is a village on the coast of the Allerdale district in Cumbria, England.

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Armour

Armour (British English or Canadian English) or armor (American English; see spelling differences) is a protective covering that is used to prevent damage from being inflicted to an object, individual or vehicle by direct contact weapons or projectiles, usually during combat, or from damage caused by a potentially dangerous environment or activity (e.g., cycling, construction sites, etc.). Personal armour is used to protect soldiers and war animals.

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Aspatria Agricultural College

The Aspatria Agricultural College was a seat of learning located in Aspatria, Cumberland, England.

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Aspatria Agricultural Cooperative Society

The Aspatria Agricultural Cooperative Society was established in Aspatria, Cumberland, England in 1870, after a group of local farmers combined to deal in artificial manures, feeding stuffs, seeds, and agricultural implements.

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Aspatria railway station

Aspatria railway station serves the town of Aspatria in Cumbria, England.

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Aspatria RUFC

Aspatria Rugby Union Football Club is based in Aspatria, Cumbria (formerly Cumberland) in north west England, not far from the Scottish Border.

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Bachal Isu

The Bachal Isu (or "Staff of Jesus") was a Christian relic.

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Baggrow

Baggrow is a small village in the parish of Allhallows situated north of the Lake District in the English county of Cumbria.

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Bible Christian Church

The Bible Christian Church was a Methodist denomination founded by William O’Bryan, a Wesleyan Methodist local preacher, on 18 October 1815 in North Cornwall, with the first society, just 22 members, meeting at Lake Farm in Shebbear, Devon.

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Blennerhasset and Torpenhow

Blennerhasset and Torpenhow is a civil parish in the Allerdale district of Cumbria, England.

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Brayton Hall

Brayton Hall once the ancestral seat of the Lawson family stood in a large park, with views of the surrounding countryside and the mountains of the Lake District in the background.

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British Museum

The British Museum, located in the Bloomsbury area of London, United Kingdom, is a public institution dedicated to human history, art and culture.

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Bromfield, Cumbria

Bromfield is a village and civil parish in the Allerdale district of Cumbria, England.

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Carlisle, Cumbria

Carlisle (or from Cumbric: Caer Luel Cathair Luail) is the county town of Cumbria.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Celtic languages

The Celtic languages are a group of related languages descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic"; a branch of the greater Indo-European language family.

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Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic.

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Church of England parish church

A parish church in the Church of England is the church which acts as the religious centre for the people within the smallest and most basic Church of England administrative region, the parish – since the 19th century called the ecclesiastical parish (outside meetings of the church) to avoid confusion with the civil parish which many towns and villages have.

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Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority.

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Cockermouth

Cockermouth is an ancient market town and civil parish in the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria, England, so named because it is at the confluence of the River Cocker as it flows into the River Derwent.

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Coffeehouse

A coffeehouse, coffee shop or café (sometimes spelt cafe) is an establishment which primarily serves hot coffee, related coffee beverages (café latte, cappuccino, espresso), tea, and other hot beverages.

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Congregational church

Congregational churches (also Congregationalist churches; Congregationalism) are Protestant churches in the Reformed tradition practicing congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs.

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Cornwall

Cornwall (Kernow) is a county in South West England in the United Kingdom.

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Creamery

In a dairy, the creamery is the location of cream processing.

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Cumberland

Cumberland is a historic county of North West England that had an administrative function from the 12th century until 1974.

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Cumberland Coalfield

The Cumberland Coalfield is a coalfield in Cumbria, north-west England.

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Cumbria

Cumbria is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England.

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Dirk

A dirk is a long thrusting dagger.

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Electoral district

An electoral district, (election) precinct, election district, or legislative district, called a voting district by the US Census (also known as a constituency, riding, ward, division, electoral area, or electorate) is a territorial subdivision for electing members to a legislative body.

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Ellenborough, Cumbria

Ellenborough is a suburb of the town of Maryport, located in the Allerdale District in the county of Cumbria, England.

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Fletchertown

Fletchertown is a small village in the parish of Allhallows, Cumbria, England.

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Gilcrux

Gilcrux is a small village and civil parish in the Ceremonial County of Cumbria, England.

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Greg Ridley

Alfred Gregory "Greg" Ridley (23 October 1947 – 19 November 2003) was an English rock bassist and a founding member of Humble Pie.

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Henry J. Webb

Henry John Webb (1846–1893) was an English scholar, who became a trained botanist before moving into medicine.

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Henry Thompson (veterinary surgeon)

Henry Thompson (MRCVS) (Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, 1836–1920) was a founder member of the Aspatria Agricultural Society, the Aspatria Agricultural Cooperative Society and the Aspatria Agricultural College.

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Jenny Cowern

Jenny Cowern (1943–2005) was a visual, multi-media artist, who took inspiration from the natural surroundings of her adopted county, Cumbria, to produce some of the most dramatic and lasting images of nature.

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Listed buildings in Aspatria

Aspatria is a civil parish in the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria, England.

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Manse

A manse is a clergy house inhabited by, or formerly inhabited by, a minister, usually used in the context of Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist and other Christian traditions.

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Maryport

Maryport is a town and civil parish in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, England.

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Maryport and Carlisle Railway

The Maryport & Carlisle Railway (M&CR) was an English railway company formed in 1836 which built and operated a small but eventually highly profitable railway to connect Maryport and Carlisle in Cumbria, England.

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Mattress

A mattress is a large, rectangular pad for supporting the reclining body, designed to be used as a bed or on a bed frame, as part of a bed.

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Maurice Stobbart

Maurice (Mo) Stobbart (born 1915 in Aspatria, Cumberland, England - died 2001) is a former speedway rider and promoter who started his career with York in 1931.

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Mealsgate

Mealsgate is a village in the English county of Cumbria.

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Minister (Christianity)

In Christianity, a minister is a person authorized by a church, or other religious organization, to perform functions such as teaching of beliefs; leading services such as weddings, baptisms or funerals; or otherwise providing spiritual guidance to the community.

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Music hall

Music hall is a type of British theatrical entertainment that was popular from the early Victorian era circa 1850 and lasting until 1960.

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Non-metropolitan district

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially "shire districts", are a type of local government district in England.

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Nonconformist

In English church history, a nonconformist was a Protestant who did not "conform" to the governance and usages of the established Church of England.

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Norsemen

Norsemen are a group of Germanic people who inhabited Scandinavia and spoke what is now called the Old Norse language between 800 AD and c. 1300 AD.

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Old Carlisle

Old Carlisle is a village in Cumbria, England.

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Old Norse

Old Norse was a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements from about the 9th to the 13th century.

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Parish register

A parish register in an ecclesiastical parish is a handwritten volume, normally kept in the parish church in which certain details of religious ceremonies marking major events such as baptisms (together with the dates and names of the parents), marriages (with the names of the partners), children, and burials (that had taken place within the parish) are recorded.

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Penny reading

The penny reading was a form of popular public entertainment that arose in the United Kingdom in the middle of the 19th century, consisting of readings and other performances, for which the admission charged was one penny.

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Plumbland

Plumbland is a village and civil parish in the Allerdale District in the county of Cumbria.

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Primitive Methodist Church

The Primitive Methodist Church is a body of Holiness Christians within the Methodist tradition, which began in England in the early 19th century, with the influence of American evangelist Lorenzo Dow (1777–1834).

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Roland Stobbart

Roland (Rol) Stobbart, (1909 - 1981) was an international speedway rider and promoter who started his career with the Leeds Lions team in 1931.

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Roman roads

Roman roads (Latin: viae Romanae; singular: via Romana meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, and were built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.

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Rugby Football Union

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is the governing body for rugby union in England.

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Rugby union

Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century.

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Scabbard

A scabbard is a sheath for holding a sword, knife, or other large blade.

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Sealy Corporation

Sealy (formerly the Sealy Corporation) is a brand of mattresses marketed and sold by Tempur Sealy International.

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Sheila Fell

Sheila Fell (20 July 1931 – 15 December 1979) was an English artist.

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Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Brayton

Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 1st Baronet, of Brayton (5 October 1795 – 12 June 1867), was an English landowner, businessman and investor in the new industrial age.

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Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet, of Brayton

Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet (4 September 1829 – 1 July 1906) was an English temperance campaigner and radical, anti-imperialist Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1859 and 1906.

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Skeleton

The skeleton is the body part that forms the supporting structure of an organism.

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Skiddaw

Skiddaw is a mountain in the Lake District National Park in England.

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Solway Firth

The Solway Firth (Tràchd Romhra) is a firth that forms part of the border between England and Scotland, between Cumbria (including the Solway Plain) and Dumfries and Galloway.

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St. Kentigern's Church, Aspatria

St Kentigern's Church, Aspatria, stands in the village of Aspatria, Cumbria, England.

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Sunday school

A Sunday School is an educational institution, usually (but not always) Christian, which catered to children and other young people who would be working on weekdays.

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Sword

A sword is a bladed weapon intended for slashing or thrusting that is longer than a knife or dagger.

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Temperance movement

The temperance movement is a social movement against the consumption of alcoholic beverages.

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Thomas Farrall

Thomas Farral (1837 – 19 August 1894) was a Cumbrian teacher, author and agricultural authority, who today, is most remembered for his Cumberland dialect poems and stories published in Betty Wilson's Cummerland Teals.

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Tom Holliday (rugby)

Thomas Edwin Holliday, nicknamed "Tom" or "Tosh" (13 July 1898 – 19 July 1969), was an English rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s.

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Township (England)

In England, a township (Latin: villa) is a local division or district of a large parish containing a village or small town usually having its own church.

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Vikings

Vikings (Old English: wicing—"pirate", Danish and vikinger; Swedish and vikingar; víkingar, from Old Norse) were Norse seafarers, mainly speaking the Old Norse language, who raided and traded from their Northern European homelands across wide areas of northern, central, eastern and western Europe, during the late 8th to late 11th centuries.

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Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom

The wards and electoral divisions in the United Kingdom are electoral districts at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors.

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Wesleyan Methodist Church (Great Britain)

The Wesleyan Methodist Church was the name used by the majority Methodist movement in Great Britain following its split from the Church of England after the death of John Wesley and the appearance of parallel Methodist movements.

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Westmorland

Westmorland (formerly also spelt Westmoreland;R. Wilkinson The British Isles, Sheet The British Isles. even older spellings are Westmerland and Westmereland) is a historic county in north west England.

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Westnewton, Cumbria

Westnewton is a small village and civil parish in the Allerdale District, in the county of Cumbria, England.

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Wigton

Wigton is a market town in Cumbria, England.

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Wilkie Collins

William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 – 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer.

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William Perry Briggs

Dr William Perry Briggs (physician and surgeon) was the Medical Officer of Health for both the Wigton Rural District Sanitary Board and the Aspatria Urban District Council from the early 1880s to the time of his death in 1928.

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William Slater Calverley

The Rev.

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William Thompson Casson

William Thompson Casson (1844–1909) was a leading English coach designer and coach manufacturer, who, in the latter part of the nineteenth century.

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Workington

Workington is an historic industrial town and civil parish at the mouth of the River Derwent on the west coast of Cumbria, England.

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Workington (UK Parliament constituency)

Workington is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Worship

Worship is an act of religious devotion usually directed towards a deity.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspatria

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