Applethwaite

Applethwaite is a village in the foothills of Skiddaw near Keswick in the English Lake District. It is in the Borough of Allerdale and the county of Cumbria, and forms part of the civil parish of Underskiddaw, which has a population of 282.[1] The name derives from it originally being the clearing in a forest with apples in it.[2]

Applethwaite

Applethwaite
Applethwaite
Location in Allerdale, Cumbria
Applethwaite
Location within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY2625
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKeswick
Postcode districtCA12
Dialling code017687
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament

Applethwaite is mentioned in Alfred Wainwright's The Northern Fells guide book. The narrator/nursemaid Hester in "The Old Nurse’s Story" by Elizabeth Gaskell is from this village.

The church

St Marys church in the village is plain with some stained glass windows. The other church here is St John the Evangelist.

Location

Applethwaite is just off the A591, 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Keswick.

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