Seascale
Sign in to saveSeascale is a village and civil parish on the Irish Sea coast of Cumbria, England, historically within Cumberland. The parish had a population of 1,754 in 2011, barely decreasing by 0.4% in 2021.
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- Locality
- Seascale
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,754
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Seascale
- UK place.population
- 1,709
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Seascale
- UK place.unitary_england
- Cumberland
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cumbria
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Whitehaven and Workington
- UK place.post_town
- SEASCALE
- UK place.postcode_district
- CA20
- UK place.postcode_area
- CA
- UK place.dial_code
- 019467
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NY0370300976
- UK place.static_image_name
- Seascale shoreline - geograph.org.uk - 284996.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Seascale
- UK place.pushpin_map
- United Kingdom Copeland
- UK place.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Copeland Borough
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 1754
- Image
- Seascale shoreline - geograph.org.uk - 284996.jpg
- Dialing code
- 019467
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- Commons category
- Seascale
- postal code
- CA20
- OS grid reference
- NY040011
- P8168
- Jacobitism
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Seascale is a village and civil parish on the Irish Sea coast of Cumbria, England, historically within Cumberland. The parish had a population of 1,754 in 2011, barely decreasing by 0.4% in 2021.
==History== right|thumb|250px|The sea front at Seascale The place-name indicates that it was inhabited by Norse settlers, probably before 1000 AD. It is derived from skali, meaning in Norse a wooden hut or shelter. This could well date from the time of King Harold Fairhair, who vowed revenge on the many Norsemen who had settled in Ireland and the Isle of Man, causing them to flee across the sea to the Cumbrian coast some time after AD 885. Many other Norse place names are to be found, including Seascale How, Skala Haugr, (the hill near the shelter), and Whitriggs, hvitihrgger (the white ridge). As the Norse penetrated inland other skalar were named, so Seascale was distinguished by reference to the sea.
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