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Abbeytown
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Abbeytown is the main village in the civil parish of Holme Abbey in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. The parish was historically called Holme Cultram. The modern names of Abbeytown and Holme Abbey both reference Holmcultram Abbey, which was founded in 1150 and dissolved in 1538; the surviving nave from the abbey now serves as the parish church. The parish of Holme Abbey had a population of 757 at the 2021 census.
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- Locality
- Abbeytown
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
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- Population
- 757
- Image
- Holme Cultram Abbey, Abbeytown (NY1750).jpg
- Dialing code
- 016973
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- Abbeytown
- OS grid reference
- NY173507
- postal code
- CA7
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Abbeytown is the main village in the civil parish of Holme Abbey in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. The parish was historically called Holme Cultram. The modern names of Abbeytown and Holme Abbey both reference Holmcultram Abbey, which was founded in 1150 and dissolved in 1538; the surviving nave from the abbey now serves as the parish church. The parish of Holme Abbey had a population of 757 at the 2021 census.
==Toponymy== The parish was historically called Holme Cultram. It gave its name to the Cistercian abbey founded there in 1150. The name Abbeytown is recorded from at least the 17th century (The Towne of the Abbey, Abbey Towne; Abbeytown from mid-18th century) and references it being the village where the abbey was located.
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