Tallentire

Tallentire is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bridekirk, in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. It is about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of Cockermouth. The village is located just outside the Lake District National Park. In 1931 the parish had a population of 184.^[1]

Tallentire
Former chapel, Tallentire
Tallentire Location in Allerdale Show map of the former Allerdale Borough Tallentire Location within Cumbria Show map of Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY108352
Civil parish	Bridekirk
Unitary authority	Cumberland
Ceremonial county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	COCKERMOUTH
Postcode district	CA13
Dialling code	01900
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Penrith and Solway
List of places UK England Cumbria 54.70389°N 3.41978°W / 54.70389; -3.41978

Etymology

The name Tallentire is one of Brittonic origins. The first element tāl means "brow, front, end", and the terminal element *tīr means "land" (Welsh tâl and tir). Unusually, "Tallentire" appears to contain a definite article in the form of -en, leading to the proposition that *[h]ïn was a definite article in the Brittonic of the North, although ï[r] (Welsh y; see Penyghent, Penicuik) is considerably more common.^[2] The meaning of the name may be "end of the land".^[3]

Governance

Tallentire is part of the Penrith and Solway constituency for UK parliament.

For Local Government purposes it's in the Cumberland unitary authority area.

It was previously part of the Broughton St Bridget's electoral ward of Allerdale Borough Council. This ward stretched north to Bridekirk with a total population at the 2011 Census of 4,178.^[4] Tallentire was part of the Dearham and Broughton Ward of Cumbria County Council.

Tallentire was formerly a township in Bridekirk parish,^[5] from 1866 Tallentire was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1934 and merged with Bridekirk.^[6]