Frizington

Frizington
Village
St Paul's Church, Frizington
Frizington
Location within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY0316
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townFRIZINGTON
Postcode districtCA26
Dialling code01946
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament

Frizington is a village in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It lies to the north-west of the Lake District National Park. Historically, it was a collection of farms and houses, but became a unified village as a result of the mining (both coal and iron ore) opportunities in the area. The village is known for its church, which was built in 1867–1868.

Location

It lies by road five miles (eight kilometres) east of Whitehaven, 38 miles (61 kilometres) southwest of Carlisle, and 44+1⁄2 miles (72 kilometres) north of Barrow-in-Furness.

Toponymy

"The name as a whole means 'tūn of Frisa' or 'of Frisa's people'"[1] ('tūn' is Old English for 'homestead', 'village'; OE 'Frīsa' means 'the Frisian').

Governance

Frizington forms part of the civil parish of Arlecdon and Frizington. There are two tiers of local government, at civil parish and unitary authority level: Arlecdon and Frizington Parish Council and Cumberland Council.[2][3] The parish council generally meets at St Joseph's Community Hall in Frizington.[4]

Frizington is within the Whitehaven and Workington UK Parliamentary constituency.

Administrative history

Frizington was historically one of three townships within the ancient parish of Arlecdon in the historic county of Cumberland; the other two townships were Whillimoor and Arlecdon.[5][6][7]

In 1882, a local government district called Arlecdon and Frizington was created, covering those two townships.[8][9] The Arlecdon and Frizington district was enlarged in 1894 to take in the Whillimoor township, after which the Arlecdon and Frizington district covered the whole parish of Arlecdon.[10] Later that year, local government districts were reconstituted as urban districts under the Local Government Act 1894.[11]

Arlecdon and Frizington Urban District was abolished in 1934. The parish of Arlecdon it had covered was renamed Arlecdon and Frizington, given a parish council, and reclassified as a rural parish within the Ennerdale Rural District.[12] Ennerdale Rural District was abolished in 1974, becoming part of the Borough of Copeland in the new county of Cumbria.[13][14] Copeland was in turn abolished in 2023 when the new Cumberland Council was created, also taking over the functions of the abolished Cumbria County Council in the area.[15]

Notable people

Stephen Holgate, a professional rugby league player with a number of clubs, came from Frizington.

June 2010 shootings

Main article: Cumbria shootings

On 2 June 2010, Frizington was the scene of the second murder in the killing spree known as the Cumbria shootings, when Derrick Bird shot his family solicitor, Kevin Commons.[16]

See also

References

  1. ^ Armstrong, A. M.; Mawer, A.; Stenton, F. M.; Dickens, B. (1950). The place-names of Cumberland. English Place-Name Society, vol. xxi. Vol. Part 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 336.
  2. ^ "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  3. ^ "About the Parish". Arlecdon and Frizington Parish Council. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  4. ^ "Meetings". Arlecdon and Frizington Parish Council. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  5. ^ "Arlecdon, Cumberland". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  6. ^ Census of England and Wales, 1871: Volume 2. Census Office. 1872. p. 507. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  7. ^ "Cumberland Sheet LXII". National Library of Scotland. Ordnance Survey. 1867. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  8. ^ Public Bills: Volume 4. House of Lords. 1884. p. 3. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  9. ^ "Arlecdon and Frizington Water Act 1879" (PDF). legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  10. ^ Annual Report of the Local Government Board. 1895. p. 240. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  11. ^ Kelly's Directory of Cumberland. 1906. p. 27. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  12. ^ "Arlecdon and Frizington Ancient Parish / Civil Parish". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  13. ^ "The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1972/2039, retrieved 3 March 2023
  14. ^ "The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1973/551, retrieved 3 March 2023
  15. ^ "The Cumbria (Structural Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2022/331, retrieved 24 January 2024
  16. ^ "Cumbria Shootings - Interactive Map". BBC. 3 June 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
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