Beetham

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Beetham
Beethampostcard.jpg
Early 20th century postcard of Beetham
Beetham is located in Cumbria
Beetham
Beetham
Location within Cumbria
Population1,784 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSD4979
Civil parish
  • Beetham
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCARNFORTH
Postcode districtLA7
Dialling code01539
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria
54°12′29″N 2°46′30″W / 54.208°N 2.775°W / 54.208; -2.775Coordinates: 54°12′29″N 2°46′30″W / 54.208°N 2.775°W / 54.208; -2.775

Beetham is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, situated on the border with Lancashire, 6 miles (10 km) north of Carnforth.[2] It is part of the Arnside and Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,724,[3] increasing at the 2011 census to 1,784.[1]

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,[4] increasing to 1,784 at the 2011 Census.

Community[]

Points of interest include:

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.[5]

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.[6]

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.[7]

Gallery[]

  • The main road into Beetham before the A6 road development

  • Footpath to Leighton Hall

  • Highland cattle grazing

Navigation[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Beetham Parish (E04002588)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  2. ^ AA Book of British Villages. Drive Publications Limited. 1980. p. 53. ISBN 9780340254875.
  3. ^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Beetham Parish (16UG005)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Parish headcount" (PDF). Cumbria County Council. Retrieved 13 January 2009.
  5. ^ "Beetham Hall". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  6. ^ "Beetham, UK". Our production sites. BillerudKorsnäs. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  7. ^ "Welcome". Beetham Parish Council. Retrieved 2 November 2014.

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