Armathwaite is a village in the England English county of Cumbria . Historically within Cumberland , Armathwaite lies on the River Eden, Cumbria River Eden , forms part of Eden, Cumbria Eden district and is served by Armathwaite railway station . The castle on the west bank of the river was originally a pele tower with a large but undistinguished Edwardian period Edwardian extension. The parish church of Christ and Our Lady was formerly a chapel of ease in the parish of Hesket in the Forest and is one of the smallest parish churches in England. By the 17th century the original chapel had become ruinous but it was rebuilt before 1688 by Richard Skelton of Armathwaite Castle. It consists of a chancel and nave with a wooden roof and a small western bell turret. ref Betjeman, J. 1968 Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches the North . London Collins p. 108 ref John Skelton , tutor to Henry VIII of England King Henry VIII , is believed to have been born here. The town of Armathwaite in Fentress County, Tennessee was named by William H. Gilliat, who was from the Armathwaite area then in Cumberland and who arrived in Tennessee about 1881. Richard Tomlinson former spy spent his childhood in Armathwaite. See also Portal Cumbria Armathwaite Castle References Reflist External links http www.visitcumbria.com pen armathwaite.htm Illustrated guide oscoor gbx NY505461 Coord 54.80731 2.77164 type landmark region GB source enwiki osgb36 NY505461 display title Category Villages in Cumbria Cumbria geo stub ... more details
Armathwaite Nunnery was a Benedictine nunnery in Cumbria , England . References Reflist coord 54.7787245 2.721439 type landmark region GB source Wikimapia scale 2000 name Armathwaite Nunnery display title Category Monasteries in Cumbria Category Nunneries in England Cumbria struct stub UK Christian monastery stub ... more details
Armathwaite Castle is in the village of Armathwaite , Cumbria by the River Eden, Cumbria River Eden gbmapping NY506459 . It is a Grade II listed building. ref name images cite web url http www.imagesofengland.org.uk details default.aspx?pid 1&id 73864 title Images of England Armathwaite Castle accessdate 2007 12 02 publisher English Heritage ref It is a four storeyed Peel tower pele tower which was built in the 15th century ref cite book last Fry first Plantagenet Somerset authorlink Plantagenet Somerset Fry coauthors title The David & Charles Book of Castles edition publisher David & Charles date 1980 location Newton Abbot url doi id isbn 0 7153 7976 3 page 179 ref with alterations in the late 17th or early 18th centuries. An extension was added in the late 18th and there were alterations to this in the late 19th century. The land on which it stands was granted in 1444 to John Skelton ref name images who was possibly Henry VIII of England Henry VIII s poet laureate . ref cite web url http www.thecumbriadirectory.com Town or Village location.php?url armathwaite title Armathwaite accessdate 2007 12 02 publisher The Cumbria Directory ref Notes Reflist External links cite web url http www.ecastles.co.uk armathwaite.html title Armathwaite Castle accessdate 2007 12 02 publisher ecastles cite web url http www.visitcumbria.com pen armathwaite.htm title Armathwaite accessdate 2007 12 02 publisher Visit Cumbria England castle stub coord 54.80552 N 2.77005 W region GB source enwiki osgb36 NY506459 display title Note WGS84 lat long, converted from OSGB36 grid ref Category Castles in Cumbria Category Grade II listed buildings in Cumbria ... more details
Infobox UK station name Armathwaite image name The Citadel Express at Armathwaite railway station in 1978.jpg caption SR Merchant Navy Class The Citadel Express stopped at Armathwaite for photographs manager Northern Rail locale Armathwaite borough Eden, Cumbria Eden code AWT lowusage0405 9,489 lowusage0506 9,698 lowusage0607 7,984 lowusage0708 8,057 lowusage0809 10,754 platforms 2 start 1 May 1876 latitude 54.809 longitude 2.772 Armathwaite railway station is a train station railway station which serves the village of Armathwaite in Cumbria , England . It is operated by Northern Rail , which provides all passenger train services. It is now, since the closure of Cotehill railway station Cotehill 1952 , Cumwhinton 1956 and Scotby railway station Scotby 1942 stations, the final stop on the Settle Carlisle Line before the terminus at Carlisle railway station Carlisle . It was opened in May 1876, closed in May 1970 when local passenger trains ceased on the route and reopened in July 1986. By then, the original station building had been sold for private use so a passenger shelter was built at the other end of the platform. History Opened by the Midland Railway , it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Railways Act 1921 Grouping of 1923. The station then passed to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. British Rail brand names Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980 s, and when the station was reopened, it was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Rail ways. The line through the station is often used as a diversionary route for the West Coast Main Line . Services Six trains each way serve the station Mondays to Saturdays, with three trains each way calling on Sundays increasing to five during the summer months . rail start rail line previous Lazonby and Kirkoswald railway station Lazonby ... Category Railway stations opened in 1876 nl Station Armathwaite ... more details
AWT may stand for The Abstract Window Toolkit , part of the Java programming language Antony Worrall Thompson , the British chef Aphrodite World Tour , a 2011 concert tour by australian pop dance singer Kylie Minogue Armathwaite railway station , England National Rail station code AWT Airborne wind turbine , a concept design wind turbine disambig de AWT it AWT ... more details
Infobox UK station name Lazonby and Kirkoswald image Image Lazonby Railway Station.jpg 280px manager Northern Rail locale Lazonby borough Eden, Cumbria Eden code LZB lowusage0405 pad 1em 14,254 lowusage0506 increase 14,368 lowusage0607 increase 14,510 lowusage0708 increase 16,695 lowusage0809 increase 16,778 platforms 2 start 1876 Lazonby and Kirkoswald railway station is a train station railway station which serves the villages of Lazonby and Kirkoswald, Cumbria Kirkoswald in Cumbria , England . It is operated by Northern Rail who provide all passenger train services. It is situated in the centre of Lazonby and, like many other stations on the line, was closed on 4 May 1970 when local passenger services between Skipton & Carlisle were withdrawn. The platforms and buildings survived however, and following several years of use by Dalesrail excursions it was reopened on a full time basis in July 1986 ref http www.settlecarlislerailway.co.uk a200 settle carlisle events.html Settle Carlisle Line Key Events Retrieved 2008 08 27 ref . Services The station receives the same level of service as neighbouring Langwathby railway station Langwathby i.e six trains each way on weekdays and three on Sundays five during the summer . Notes Reflist External links stn art lnk LZB CA101BQ rail start rail line previous Langwathby railway station Langwathby next Armathwaite railway station Armathwaite route Northern Rail br small Settle Carlisle Line small col 8b00ff Historical Rail Insert rail line next Armathwaite railway station Armathwaite previous Little Salkeld route Midland Railway br small Settle Carlisle Railway small col 000000 end box NorthWestEngland railstation stub coord 54.750 N 2.702 W type landmark region GB display title Cumbria railway stations Category Railway stations in Cumbria Category Railway stations served by Northern Rail Category Railway stations opened in 1876 nl Station Lazonby and Kirkoswald ... more details
Ruckcroft is a hamlet place hamlet in the England English county of Cumbria . It neighbours the larger settlements of Armathwaite and Ainstable . In the past Ruckcroft possessed its own pub, however this is now a private home. External links oscoor gbx NY532442 Cumbria geo stub coord 54.79050 2.72933 type landmark region GB source enwiki osgb36 NY532442 display title Category Hamlets in Cumbria ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox UK place country England static image name The Salutation Inn, High Hesket geograph.org.uk 956487.jpg static image caption small The Salutation Inn, High Hesket small latitude 54.77 longitude 2.80 official name Hesket population 2,363 population ref 2001 civil parish Hesket shire district Eden, Cumbria Eden shire county Cumbria region North West England constituency westminster Penrith and the Border UK Parliament constituency Penrith and the Border post town CARLISLE postcode district CA4 postcode area CA dial code 01697 os grid reference NY4744 Hesket is a large civil parish in Eden, Cumbria Eden District , Cumbria , England . It was formed in 1934 by a Local Government Act 1929 County Review Order which merged the civil parishes of Hesket in the Forest and Plumpton, Cumbria Plumpton Wall . Villages in the parish Within the parish are the villages and hamlets of High Hesket , Old Town, Low Hesket , Aiketgate , Armathwaite , Plumpton, Cumbria Plumpton , Plumpton Street , Plumpton Foot , Ivegill part , Calthwaite , Petteril Green , Southwaite , Morton, Eden Morton and Thiefside . The settlement of Plumpton Head is within the neighbouring unparished area of Penrith, Cumbria Penrith . There are primary schools at Plumpton, Calthwaite, Armathwaite, Ivegill and High Hesket, and roughly half way between High and Low Hesket is a doctor s surgery. Transport The West Coast Main Line WCML and Settle and Carlisle Railway both run through the parish with a station at Armathwaite railway station Armathwaite . At one time there were stations on the WCML at Plumpton, Southwaite and Calthwaite. The M6 motorway and the A6 road Great Britain A6 road run parallel to each other through the parish with a Southwaite services motorway service area at Southwaite . Places of interest At Castlesteads or Old Penrith just north of Plumpton are the remains of a Roman Empire Roman castra Fort known as Voreda. In the Middle Ages the area was the heart of t ... more details
Newbiggin is a large hamlet in Cumbria , England 1 mile south of Cumrew and 3 miles north of Croglin . Cumrew beck flows north west through Newbiggin eventually joining the Eden clost to Armathwaite . There is a Pub, The Blue Bell Inn Cumbria geo stub coord 54 50 N 2 41 W type city region GB source openstreetmap 23150858 display title Openstreetmap coordinates 54.835269, 2.688952 linked to description hamlet Newbiggin found about 2km north west of middle of hamlet Croglin which is about 14km south of town Brampton and about 19km south east of city Carlisle in England, Cumbria Category Hamlets in Cumbria ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 see also Highmoor disambiguation Highmoor is a family name with historic links to the similar name of Highmore although some favor the highmoor name as being more distinguished . The name arrived in England along with William the Conqueror in the Norman Conquest Norman invasion . Traditionally, Highmoors have been known to inhabit the English side of the England Scotland border regions. The Highmoor Highmore family can be divided into seven groups of which five left or had subgroups leave England. Group One is the original group which lived in Cumberland, now Cumbria, England. This original group includes the Highmores who resided at Armathwaite Hall. Group Two is the Dorset shire group, of whom there are fewer details. Group Three is the Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland group, who migrated to Canada . Group Four is the Australia n group, who migrated to Australia directly from Cumberland , England. Group Five is the Rochester Group, who migrated to the Rochester, New York area directly from Cumberland, England. Group Six is the Great Musgrave Group. This group moved south into Westmorland , Yorkshire and Norfolk with some eventually migrating to Canada. Group Seven is the Empress Group which emigrated from Cumberland to Western Canada. The groups also roughly correspond to time periods, although most if not all of these groups still have living descendants. The earliest known Highmoor is Robertus de Hehmor d. 1275 who is http www.british history.ac.uk report.aspx?compid 50672 memorialised at St. Bega s Church on Bassenthwaite Lake , not far from the site of Armathwaite Hall . DEFAULTSORT Highmoor Family Category Surnames Surname stub ... more details
Coord 54.737 2.946 display title region GB scale 500000 Infobox UK postcode area area code CA The CA postcode area , also known as the Carlisle postcode area , ref Royal Mail, Address Management Guide , 2004 ref is a group of postcode districts around Alston, Cumbria Alston , Appleby in Westmorland , Beckermet , Brampton, Carlisle, Cumbria Brampton , Carlisle, Cumbria Carlisle , Cleator , Cleator Moor , Cockermouth , Egremont, Cumbria Egremont , Frizington , Holmrook , Keswick, Cumbria Keswick , Kirkby Stephen , Maryport , Moor Row , Penrith, Cumbria Penrith , Ravenglass , Seascale , St Bees , Whitehaven , Wigton and Workington in England . Coverage The approximate coverage of the postcode districts postcode area table start CA1 CARLISLE Carlisle East City of Carlisle CA2 CARLISLE Carlisle South West City of Carlisle CA3 CARLISLE Carlisle North City of Carlisle CA4 CARLISLE Warwick Bridge, Wetheral, Cumwhinton & Armathwaite City of Carlisle, Eden, Cumbria Eden CA5 CARLISLE Dalston and Burgh by Sands City of Carlisle, Allerdale CA6 CARLISLE Longtown, Bewcastle City of Carlisle CA7 WIGTON CARLISLE Wigton, Silloth, Aspatria, Caldbeck & Hesket Newmarket Allerdale, Eden CA8 BRAMPTON CARLISLE Brampton, Gilsland, Greenhead & Slaggyford City of Carlisle, Northumberland County Council Northumberland unitary CA9 ALSTON Alston, Garrigill & Nenthead Eden, Northumberland CA10 PENRITH Penrith Carleton Hall area, Shap, Tebay, Langwathby, Lazonby & Pooley Bridge Eden, South Lakeland CA11 PENRITH Penrith most , Stainton, Mungrisdale, Glenridding & Patterdale Eden CA12 KESWICK Keswick, Seatoller, Braithwaite, Bassenthwaite & Threlkeld Allerdale, Eden CA13 COCKERMOUTH Cockermouth, Lorton & Buttermere Allerdale CA14 WORKINGTON Workington, Distington & Seaton Allerdale, Copeland borough Copeland CA15 MARYPORT Maryport, Dearham, Flimby & Allonby Allerdale CA16 APPLEBY IN WESTMORLAND Appleby in Westmorland Eden CA17 KIRKBY STEPHEN Kirkby Stephen, Brough & Ravenstonedale Eden, South Lakela ... more details
The following is a partial list of active school s in Cumbria , England . Expand list date August 2008 TOC right Cumbria State Schools Secondary Schools Alfred Barrow School , Barrow in Furness Appleby Grammar School, Appleby in Westmorland Caldew School , Dalston Cockermouth School, Cockermouth Dowdales School , Dalton in Furness The Lakes School Richard Rose Morton , City of Carlisle Carlisle Keswick School , Keswick, Cumbria Keswick Kirkbie Kendal School , Kendal The Nelson Thomlinson School , Wigton Netherhall School, Maryport Parkview Community College of Technology , Barrow in Furness Queen Elizabeth School, Kirkby Lonsdale Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Penrith Queen Elizabeth Grammar , Penrith Queen Kathrine School, Kendal St Benedicts Catholic High School , Whitehaven St. Bernard s Catholic High School , Barrow in Furness Stainburn School, Workington Thorncliffe School , Barrow in Furness Ulverston Victoria High School , Ulverston nursery to sixth form Walney School , Barrow in Furness West Lakes Academy, Egremont William Howard School , Brampton, Carlisle, Cumbria Brampton Whitehaven School , Whitehaven Special Schools Appletree Treatment Centre, Kendal Sandside School , Ulverston Mayfield School, Whitehaven Primary Schools All Saints C.E. Primary School, Cockermouth Allithwaite C.E. School, Grange over Sands Allonby Primary School, Allonby Alston Primary School, Alston, Cumbria Alston Ambleside C.E. Primary School, Ambleside Appleby Primary School, Appleby in Westmorland Arlecdon Primary School, Frizington Armathwaite School, City of Carlisle Carlisle Asby Endowed School, Appleby in Westmorland Chapel Street Infant School, Dalton in Furness Dalton St Marys C.E Primary School, Dalton in Furness Frizington Primary School, Frizington George Romney Primary School, Dalton in Furness Jerchio Primary School, Whitehaven Lindale C.E Primary School, Grange Over Sands St James C.E Primary School, Whitehaven St Georges C.E Primary School, Barrow in Furness Independe ... more details
tasteless movie in British cinema history. Killer s Moon was shot off season at Armathwaite ... C3gUELSAr5E UK Trailer http www.armathwaite hall.com Armathwaite Hall Website http www.mondo digital.com ... more details
nowiki nowiki The following is a list of monastic houses in Cumbria , England, a modern county including all of the former Cumberland and Westmorland and parts of Lancashire . MonasticHouses Abbreviations&Key England onlyinclude style width 99 class wikitable style width 15 Foundation style width 5 Image style width 30 Communities & Provenance style width 20 Formal Name or Dedication & Alternative Names style width 10 noinclude OnLine References & noinclude Location valign top rowspan 2 Appleby Friary rowspan 2 rowspan 2 small Carmelite Friars rowspan 2 small Appleby Whitefriars noinclude ref cite web url http www.british history.ac.uk report.asp?compid 39963 s5 title The friaries Carlisle, Penrith and Appleby & 124 British History Online publisher British history.ac.uk date 2003 06 22 accessdate 2010 04 14 ref ref cite web url http www.pastscape.org.uk hob.aspx?hob id 13602 title Detailed Result APPLEBY WHITEFRIARS publisher Pastscape date accessdate 2010 04 14 ref noinclude style background silver small coord 54.5812325 2.4897417 name Appleby Whitefriars valign top rowspan 2 Armathwaite Nunnery rowspan 2 rowspan 2 small Benedictine nuns br fd. 6 January 1089 dubiously purported rowspan 2 small church dedicated to Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary br Armethwaite Nunnery noinclude ref cite web url http www.british history.ac.uk report.asp?compid 39961 title Houses of Benedictine nuns The nunnery of Armathwaite & 124 British History Online publisher British history.ac.uk date 2003 06 22 accessdate 2010 04 14 ref ref cite web url http www.pastscape.org hob.aspx?a 0&hob id 12469 title Detailed Result ARMATHWAITE PRIORY publisher Pastscape date 1984 08 03 accessdate 2010 04 14 ref noinclude style background silver small coord 54.7787245 2.721439 type landmark region GB source Wikimapia scale 2000 name Armathwaite Nunnery valign top rowspan 2 Calder Abbey rowspan 2 Image CalderAbbey.JPG 100px rowspan 2 small Savignac monks from Furness Abbey Furness br fd. 1135 11 ... more details
224 date 5 February 1836 accessdate 2008 09 21 ref 1837 Sir Francis Fletcher Vane, 3rd Baronet , of Armathwaite ... Ralph Fletcher Vane, 4th Baronet , of Hutton in the Forest and Armathwaite ref LondonGazette issue ... more details
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Other persons Multiple issues refimprove June 2009 citecheck May 2009 Richard Tomlinson born 13 January 1963 is a New Zealand born United Kingdom British former Secret Intelligence Service MI6 officer who was imprisoned in 1997 for breaking the Official Secrets Act 1989 ref name bbc http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi talking point forum 1168409.stm Former spy Richard Tomlinson quizzed BBC ref by giving the synopsis of a proposed book detailing his career in the Secret Intelligence Service to an Australian publisher. ref name BBCDec97 http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi uk 40704.stm Ex MI6 man jailed over memoirs , BBC ref ref name Observer http observer.guardian.co.uk politics story 0,,1779859,00.html Leaks feared as sacked MI6 spy launches blog , Observer ref The book, called The Big Breach, was published in Moscow in 2001. ref http www.telegraph.co.uk news main.jhtml?xml news 2001 01 14 ntom14.xml Moscow to publish the memoirs of MI6 renegade Telegraph ref Education and military training He was born in Ngaruawahia , New Zealand and grew up in Armathwaite , England , and was educated at Barnard Castle School where he was a contemporary of England Rugby Internationals Rory Underwood and Rob Andrew . He excelled at mathematics and physics, Citation needed date June 2008 and then won an entrance scholarship to Cambridge University. He was first approached by MI6 in 1984 after graduating from Gonville and Caius College , University of Cambridge Cambridge , with a First Class Honours academic degree Degree in Engineering. He also completed flying training with Cambridge University Air Squadron , won a Cambridge Half Blue for Modern Pentathlon , and on graduation he was accepted to join the Royal Navy as a Fleet Air Arm Officer. However he instead joined a management consultancy company called LEK. It is believed that he left LEK in 1986. He worked briefly in the summer of 1986 as an Intern at the World Bank and then won a prize sup citation needed sup from the Rotary Foundation , allowing h ... more details
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