Whale, Cumbria

Hamlet in England
  • Lowther
Unitary authority
  • Westmorland and Furness
Ceremonial county
  • Cumbria
Region
  • North West
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54°35′10″N 2°44′28″W / 54.586°N 2.741°W / 54.586; -2.741

Whale is a hamlet in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area, Cumbria, England. Historically in Westmorland, it is about a mile south of the village of Askham. In the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72 it had a population of 53.[1]

Toponymy

The name Whale comes from the same Anglo-Saxon language root as the country Wales, meaning 'foreigners'.[2] It was given by the Angles of Helton to the Celtic inhabitants of the opposite side of the River Lowther, c. the 9th century.[3]

Location grid

Places adjacent to Whale, Cumbria
Askham
Helton
Whale, Cumbria
 Great Strickland
Low Knipe

See also

  • iconCumbria portal

References

  1. ^ "Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WHALE". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Welsh language history - place names". Wales. 27 November 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  3. ^ Sullivan, Jeremiah (1857). Cumberland & Westmorland, Ancient and Modern: The People, Dialect, Superstitions and Customs. Whittaker and Company. p. 82.
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