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Village in England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frizington is a village in Cumbria, England, historically part of Cumberland, near the Lake District National Park.
Frizington | |
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Village | |
St Paul's Church, Frizington | |
Location within Cumbria | |
Population | 3,607 (2011.Civil Parish) |
OS grid reference | NY0316 |
Civil parish | |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | FRIZINGTON |
Postcode district | CA26 |
Dialling code | 01946 |
Police | Cumbria |
Fire | Cumbria |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
Historically, it was a collection of farms and houses, but became a unified village as a result of the mining (both coal and iron ore) opportunities in the area. The village is known for its church, which was built in 1867–1868.
It lies by road five miles (eight kilometres) east of Whitehaven, 38 miles (61 kilometres) southwest of Carlisle, and 44+1⁄2 miles (72 kilometres) north of Barrow-in-Furness.
"The name as a whole means 'tūn of Frisa' or 'of Frisa's people'"[1] ('tūn' is Old English for 'homestead', 'village'; OE 'Frīsa' means 'the Frisian').
Frizington is within the Copeland UK Parliamentary constituency and the North West England European Parliamentary constituency. Trudy Harrison is the Conservative Member of parliament for Copeland.
For the European Parliament residents in Frizington voted to elect MEP's for the North West England constituency.
Before Brexit, for Local Government purposes it is in the Arlecdon + Ennerdale ward of the Borough of Copeland and the Cleator Moor East + Frizington ward of Cumbria County Council.
Frizington has its own Parish Council; Arlecdon & Frizington Parish Council, the civil parish of Arlecdon and Frizington, has a population of 3,678,[2]
Stephen Holgate, a professional rugby league player with a number of clubs, came from Frizington.
On 2 June 2010, Frizington was the scene of the second murder in the killing spree known as the Cumbria shootings, when Derrick Bird shot his family solicitor, Kevin Commons.[3]
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