Whicham

Also known as Whicham, Cumbria

Whicham is a hamlet and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England. At the 2011 census the parish had a population of 382. The parish includes the villages of Silecroft and Kirksanton and the hamlets of Whicham and Whitbeck. Whicham was recorded in the Domesday Book as Witingham.

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Locality: Whicham
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 0

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UK place.official_name: Whicham
UK place.civil_parish: Whicham
UK place.country: England
UK place.region: North West England
UK place.unitary_england: Cumberland
UK place.lieutenancy_england: Cumbria
UK place.hide_services: Yes
UK place.population: 382
UK place.population_ref: (2011 census)
UK place.static_image: St Mary's Church, Whicham - geograph.org.uk - 541823.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: St Mary's Church, Whicham, from the south
UK place.pushpin_map: United Kingdom Copeland
UK place.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Copeland Borough

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Population: 382
Image: St Mary's Church, Whicham - geograph.org.uk - 541823.jpg

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The parish has an area of . It lies north of Millom on the west coast of Cumbria. The A595 road crosses it from north east to south west, near the south east border, coming from Broughton in Furness to a junction with the A5093 road, and then from south to north near the coast, towards Ravenglass and Whitehaven. The parish includes the hill Black Combe with a height of , one of Alfred Wainwright's "Outlying Fells". The Cumbrian Coast Line railway follows the coast of the parish, with a station at Silecroft. The parish absorbed Whitbeck parish on 1 April 1934.