Selside

This article is about the village in Cumbria. For the place in Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire, see Selside, North Yorkshire. For the hill in Cumbria west of Windermere, see Top o'Selside. For the hill east of Haweswater, see Selside Pike.

Selside is a small village in rural Cumbria, England, about 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Kendal, close to the A6 road. It is now in the civil parish of Selside and Fawcett Forest, though it was formerly in the parish of Kendal.^[1] The population of Whitwell and Selside civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 296.^[2]

Selside
St. Thomas's Church, Selside
Selside Location in South Lakeland Show map of the former South Lakeland district Selside Location within Cumbria Show map of Cumbria
Population	296 (2011)
OS grid reference	SD539988
Civil parish	Selside and Fawcett Forest
District	South Lakeland
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	KENDAL
Postcode district	LA8
Dialling code	01539
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Westmorland and Lonsdale
List of places UK England Cumbria 54.383°N 2.709°W / 54.383; -2.709

St. Thomas's Church at Selside dates from 1838, with the tower added in 1894.^[3] Near to the church, Selside Hall incorporates the remains of two pele towers of the 15th and 16th centuries, with 18th-century and later alterations and additions.^[4]

See also

• Cumbria portal

• Listed buildings in Whitwell and Selside

References

1. "History of Selside, in South Lakeland and Westmorland". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
2. "Civil parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
3. "Church of St Thomas, Whitwell And Selside". British Listed Buildings Online. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
4. Historic England. "Selside Hall (43164)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 3 June 2011.

External links

Media related to Selside at Wikimedia Commons