Hunsonby
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Hunsonby is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England, north east of Penrith. The parish is located south east of the city of Carlisle. Within the parish is the ancient stone circle of Long Meg and Her Daughters but not the nearby standing stone of Little Meg which is located near Langwathby. In 2011 the Census reported the parish to have a total population of 388.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Hunters Cottage - geograph.org.uk - 225969.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Hunters Cottage
- UK place.official_name
- Hunsonby
- UK place.population
- 388
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Hunsonby
- UK place.unitary_england
- Westmorland and Furness
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cumbria
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Penrith and Solway
- UK place.post_town
- Penrith
- UK place.postcode_district
- CA10
- UK place.postcode_area
- CA
- UK place.dial_code
- 01768
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NY5835
- UK place.pushpin_map
- United Kingdom Eden
- UK place.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Eden, Cumbria
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
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- 20th century
- Geography
- Places of worship
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- Employment
- Occupational history
- Recent occupational structure
- Transport
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Hunsonby is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England, north east of Penrith. The parish is located south east of the city of Carlisle. Within the parish is the ancient stone circle of Long Meg and Her Daughters but not the nearby standing stone of Little Meg which is located near Langwathby. In 2011 the Census reported the parish to have a total population of 388.
In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hunsonby (and Winskill) as: "Hunsonby and Winskel, a township in Addingham parish, Cumberland; on a branch of the river Eden, 4 miles SSE of Kirkoswald. Real property, £1,690. Pop., 208. Houses, 38. There is a Wesleyan chapel."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hunsonby” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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