Ulpha

Also known as Ulpha, Cumbria, Ulpha, Copeland

Ulpha is a small village and civil parish in the Duddon Valley in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it forms part of the Cumberland unitary authority area. At Ulpha a road leaves the Duddon Valley to cross Birker Fell to the valley of Eskdale. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 159, reducing at the 2011 Census to 128.

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Place details

Locality: Broughton in Furness
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 0

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UK place.country: England
UK place.static_image_name: St Johns Church Ulpha - geograph.org.uk - 84193.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: St. Johns Church, Ulpha
UK place.official_name: Ulpha
UK place.type: Village and parish
UK place.population: 128
UK place.population_ref: (2011)
UK place.civil_parish: Ulpha
UK place.unitary_england: Cumberland
UK place.lieutenancy_england: Cumbria
UK place.region: North West England
UK place.constituency_westminster: Barrow and Furness
UK place.post_town: BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS
UK place.postcode_district: LA20
UK place.postcode_area: LA
UK place.dial_code: 01229
UK place.os_grid_reference: SD198935
UK place.pushpin_map: United Kingdom Copeland

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Population: 128
Image: St Johns Church Ulpha - geograph.org.uk - 84193.jpg
Dialing code: 01229

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Commons category: Ulpha
postal code: LA20
OS grid reference: SD198935
P8168: Oscar Florianus Bluemner

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The name Ulpha is believed to have originated with the meaning of 'hill frequented by wolves'. The name was derived from the Old Norse words ulfr meaning wolves and haugr meaning hill.