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Ennerdale and Kinniside Civil Parish


Parish boundaries may have changed - for the latest map see the Parish Council or Cumbria County Council.

About the Parish

Main Settlements:

Ennerdale Bridge, Croasdale. Kinniside is a distributed communinty, with no village as such.

Population:

226  (2021 Census)

220  (2011 Census)

240  (2001 Census)

Area: 90.7 km2
Parish Council: Ennerdale and Kinniside Parish Council
Unitary Authority: Cumberland Council
Ceremonial County: Cumbria

Historical

Ancient Townships

Ennerdale Chapelry included 2 townships:

Ennerdale Township

Kinniside Township

Townships/Chapelrys usually became civil parishes in their own right in 1866 (see below). In this case the two townships became were combined from the onset, in 1866, to form Ennerdale Civil Parish. Later the parish was renamed Ennerdale and Kinniside Civil Parish.

Ancient Parish:

St Bees Parish  (St Bega)

Ancient parishes refer to the parishes before the split between ecclesiastical (church) and civil parishes in the 19th century. They had a parish church and often were composed of multiple townships and chapelries. In many cases, townships and parishes were originally based on the territory of manors from the feudal system during medieval times. Civil parishes were created following the Poor Law Amendment Act 1866, in which Church of England parishes, extra-parochial areas, townships and chapelries, became "civil parishes" which could set their own poor rate (tax). Then the reforms of Local Government Act 1894 established elected civil parish councils (or parish meetings for parishes with less than 300 residents) and created urban and rural districts. Boundaries of parishes and civil parishes may have changed over time.

Ancient District:

Allerdale above Derwent (ward)

Poor Law Union:

Whitehaven Poor Law Union, formed in 1838.

Whitehaven Union Workhouse initially used existing workhouses on Scotch Street in Whitehaven (for females), and a workhouse at Ginns (for males). The workhouse at Whitewhaven had originally built in 1743 and enlarged to house 200 inmates in 1795. In 1855, these were replaced by a new and larger workhouse on Low Road (now St Bees Road) built to house 424 inmates.

Under the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 parishes were grouped into Unions, each of which had to build a workhouse if they did not already have one. It ended the old system of locally provided poor relief which had come under strain as numbers out of work grew, following increasing mechanisation of agriculture and the economic downturn after the Napoleonic Wars, along with changing social attitudes. The workhouse provided those unable to support themselves financially with accommodation and work. Inmates were generally segregated into men, women, boys and girls. 

The workhouse system was abolished by the Local Government Act 1929, but many workhouses lived on as ‘Public Assistance Institutions’ until the National Assistance Act 1948.

County:

Cumberland, until 1974, then:

Cumbria, which was created on the 1st of April 1974, following the Local Government Act 1972. The new county absorbed Cumberland and Westmorland, and added some parts of Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Cumbria County Council was abolished in 2023 and replaced by 2 new Unitary authorities. Cumbria remains a ceremonial county; retaining ceremonial boundary and the roles and responsibilities of the Lord Lieutenant and High Sheriff of Cumbria - based on 'The Cumbria (Structural Changes) Order 2022'.

District Council:

Whitehaven Rural District (1894 - 1934)

Ennerdale Rural District (1934 - 1974)

Copeland Borough (1974 - 2023)  Created by the Local Government Act 1972. Copeland Borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the Borough of Whitehaven, Ennerdale Rural District and Millom Rural District.

Copeland and the 5 other district councils of Cumbria, along with the county council, were abolished as part of local government reorganisation in 2023; and replaced by two unitary authorities on 1st April 2023.

Unitary Authority:

Cumberland Council was created on the 1st April 2023.

See also:  Historic Buildings and Monuments in Ennerdale and Kinniside. Note: listed buildings are generally the responsibility of the county council / unitary authority, rather than the parish council.

Civil Parishes in Cumbria Ennerdale Bridge Ennerdale Water Ennerdale, 1848 Croasdale Kinniside Bowness (near Ennerdale Water) Historic Buildings and Monuments in Ennerdale and Kinniside Kinniside, 1848 Monk's Bridge across River Calder
from http://www.eandkpc.co.uk/
Ennerdale and Kinniside Parish Council

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Ennerdale Bridge
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Ennerdale Bridge
- Overview About Ennerdale Bridge Map Street View Ennerdale Bridge is a village in the Copeland district of Cumbria, located about 3 miles north-east of Cleator Moor (town) and 1 mile …
Ennerdale, 1848
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Ennerdale, 1848
- ENNERDALE, a parochial chapelry, in the parish of St. Bees, union of Whitehaven, Allerdale ward above Derwent, W. division of Cumberland, 5 miles (N.E.) from Egremont; containing, with Ennerdale High …
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Ennerdale
- "Chapelry in St Bees parish, Allerdale above Derwent ward, Cumberland, containing townships of Ennerdale and Kinniside and extra-parochial waste of Copeland Forest or Stockdale Moor....art of Copeland forest. At partition …

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Croasdale
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Croasdale
- Overview Map Street View Croasdale is a hamlet in the Copeland district of Cumbria, located about 1½ miles north-east of the village of Ennerdale Bridge and 5 miles north-east of …
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Blakely Raise [Kinniside] Stone Circle - 1959

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Cpl. Vickers, M.G.C., Ennderdale (Military Medal)

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Pte. H. Williamson - Ennerdale - Border Regiment

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Ennerdale YHA

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Ennerdale Water
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Ennerdale Water
- Overview About Ennerdale Water Map Street View   Ennerdale Water is the most westerly lake in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. It is a glacial lake, with …
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Looking back at Ennerdale Water

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Ennerdale and Kinniside CP

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Kinniside
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Kinniside
- Overview Map Kinniside is a large and sparcely populated area in the former Copeland district of Cumbia, located to the east of Cleator Moor (town) and south-west of Ennerdale Bridge. …
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Direction Sign – Signpost beside the Cold Fell Road

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