Rowrah
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Rowrah is a village in Cumbria, England, and spans the civil parishes of Arlecdon and Frizington and Lamplugh. The majority of Rowrah is within Arlecdon and Frizington. The parish boundaries are formed from the Windergill Beck and Colliergate Beck: as such nine properties, Rowrah Hall Farm, Rowrah Hall, Ainsdale House, Rowrah Head, four properties on Pheasants Rise and Rowrah Station technically fall within Lamplugh.
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- Dialing code
- 01946
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- OS grid reference
- NY059186
- postal code
- CA26
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Article
38 sectionsContents
- General
- Geography
- Railways
- Connections
- Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway
- Cleator and Workington Junction Railway
- Rowrah and Kelton Fell Railway
- Railtours and special services
- West Cumberland Railtour, 5 September 1954
- The Solway Ranger Railtour, 13 June 1964
- Solway Railtour of West Cumberland by brake van, 7 May 1966
- Steam Hauled Railtour of Ravenglass and Rowrah, 15 March 1969
- Rowrah Station and staff
- Closure
- Mines, quarries, and natural resources
- Rowrah Hall Quarry
- Incidents
- Kelton Head Quarry
- Salter Hall Quarry
- Incidents
- Stockhow Hall Quarry
- Other geological interest
- Cycling
- Notable buildings
- Rowrah Hall
- The Shop
- The Doctors House
- Rowrah Chapel
- The Cooperative
- The Railway Hotel
- The Stork Hotel
- Notable people
- Religion
- Wildlife
- Post Office
- See also
- References
- External links
Rowrah is a village in Cumbria, England, and spans the civil parishes of Arlecdon and Frizington and Lamplugh. The majority of Rowrah is within Arlecdon and Frizington. The parish boundaries are formed from the Windergill Beck and Colliergate Beck: as such nine properties, Rowrah Hall Farm, Rowrah Hall, Ainsdale House, Rowrah Head, four properties on Pheasants Rise and Rowrah Station technically fall within Lamplugh.
Until 1974 Rowrah was part of the county of Cumberland. Like many of the towns and villages in Cumberland, Rowrah is not mentioned in the Domesday Book as in 1092, the date of the book, the majority of Cumberland was within the kingdom of Scotland. Cumberland, and therefore Rowrah, did not permanently become part of England until 1273 with the signing of the Treaty of York.
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