Great Strickland

Great Strickland
Great Strickland
	Strickland Arms
	Great Strickland Location within Cumbria
Population	370 (2011(including Little Strickland and Thrimby))
OS grid reference	NY5522
Civil parish	Great Strickland;
District	Eden;
Shire county	Cumbria;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PENRITH
Postcode district	CA10
Dialling code	01931
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Penrith and the Border;
	List of places UK England Cumbria 54°35′56″N 2°40′55″W / 54.599°N 2.682°W

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 5 miles (8.0 km) south east of Penrith, and is in the former county of Westmorland.^[2] 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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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.

Strickland Coat of Arms
St Barnabas' Church, Great Strickland

History[edit]

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]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Great Strickland Parish (E04002534)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b Great Stickland
^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Great Strickland/Little Strickland/Thrimby Parish (16UF025)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^ Strickland family

External links[edit]

Cumbria County History Trust: Great Strickland (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)

Media related to Great Strickland at Wikimedia Commons

[census2011-1] UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Great Strickland Parish (E04002534)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 April 2021.

[strick-2] Great Stickland

[3] UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Great Strickland/Little Strickland/Thrimby Parish (16UF025)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 April 2021.

[4] Strickland family

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Great Strickland
Strickland Arms
Great Strickland Location within Cumbria
Population	370 (2011(including Little Strickland and Thrimby))^[1]
OS grid reference	NY5522
Civil parish	Great Strickland
District	Eden
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PENRITH
Postcode district	CA10
Dialling code	01931

Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West

UK Parliament	Penrith and the Border
List of places UK England Cumbria 54°35′56″N 2°40′55″W / 54.599°N 2.682°W / 54.599; -2.682

Great Strickland

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