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Beetham


 

Beetham is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, situated on the border with Lancashire. It is part of the Arnside and Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

History

Craven in the Domesday Book shows that up till 1066 Earl Tostig was lord of Beetham and the surrounding areas of Farleton, Preston Richard, Hincaster, Heversham and Levens in Cumbria plus Yealand Redmayne and Borwick in Lancashire. Beetham manor then amounted to 25 carucates (ca3000 acres/1250ha) of ploughland. The Norman conquest of England added it to the extensive lands of Roger de Poitou.

Demography

The parish had a population of 1,724 recorded in the 2001 census, increasing to 1,784 at the 2011 Census.

Community

Points of interest include:

  • The Church of St Michael and All Angels, parts of which date from the 12th century.
  • The Heron Corn Mill, a working watermill and active arts and education center.
  • The Heron Theatre, an 80-seat theatre housed in the listed 18th century grammar school .
  • The Fairy Steps, a natural staircase in a limestone crag, in the woodland to the west of the village.
  • A small shrine to Saint Lioba (or Leoba), built into a stone wall in the nearby hamlet of Slackhead.

Geography

The River Bela flows past the village and through the deer park of Dallam Tower, skirting Milnthorpe before it washes out into the Kent Estuary near Sandside.

Half a mile to the south-east, Beetham Hall is a 14th-century fortified manor house, now largely ruined, adjoining later buildings.

To the north of the village is the Billerud paper factory employing 140 people and producing 45,000 tonnes/year, specialising in kraft paper for pharmaceutical and food packaging.

Civil parish

The civil parish of Beetham includes the main villages of Beetham and Storth and the smaller communities of Carr Bank, Sandside, Hale, Slackhead, Farleton and Whasset.

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River Bela and industry, Beetham

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Heron Mill, Beetham

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St. Michael and All Angels, Beetham

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Beetham Hall

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Beetham: Heron Theatre

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Beetham C of E Memorial Schools

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The Wheatsheaf Inn at Beetham

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Stanley Street, Beetham

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The Old Beetham Post Office

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Roadside shrine to St Lioba, Slack Head

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Ashton Hall, Beetham

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Village shop at Beetham

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BEETHAM VILLAGE, NEAR MILNTHORPE - NICE LILYLAND REAL PHOTO POSTCARD!

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County: Cumbria
Grid sq: SD4979

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