Anthorn

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Anthorn
Former chapel, Anthorn
Anthorn Location in Allerdale, Cumbria Anthorn Location within Cumbria Show map of AllerdaleShow map of CumbriaShow all
Population	235 (2001 census)
OS grid reference	NY195585
Civil parish	Bowness
District	Allerdale
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Wigton
Postcode district	CA7
Dialling code	016973
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Workington
List of places UK England Cumbria 54°54′53″N 3°15′26″W / 54.914689°N 3.257294°W / 54.914689; -3.257294Coordinates: 54°54′53″N 3°15′26″W / 54.914689°N 3.257294°W / 54.914689; -3.257294

Anthorn and Moricambe Bay

Anthorn (pronounced /ˈænθɔːrn/ AN-thorn) is a village in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it is situated on the south side of the Solway Firth, on the Wampool estuary, about 13 miles west of Carlisle. It is the location of the Anthorn radio station, broadcasting specialised low frequency signals for timekeeping and navigation.

History[]

Originally no more than a cluster of cottages and small farms on the shore, the village increased in size and importance in 1942, when an existing First World War landing strip was developed as HMS Nuthatch, a Royal Naval Air Station. The station closed in 1958, and is now the site of a large mast field for the NATO VLF transmitter and the NPL time signal. The Admiralty housing development, larger than the original village itself and about a kilometre to the east, remains.

Governance[]

Anthorn is part of the parliamentary constituency of Workington. In the December 2019 general election, the Tory candidate for Workington, Mark Jenkinson, was elected the MP, overturning a 9.4 per cent Labour majority from the 2017 election to eject shadow environment secretary Sue Hayman by a margin of 4,136 votes.^[1] Until the December 2019 general election The Labour Party has won the seat in the constituency in every general election since 1979.The Conservative Party has only been elected once in Workington since World War II, at the 1976 by-election.^[2]

See also[]

• Listed buildings in Bowness

References[]

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• Anthorn History and photographs.

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