Frizington

Frizington is a village in Cumbria, England, historically part of Cumberland, near the Lake District National Park.

Frizington

St Paul's Church, Frizington
Frizington
Location in Copeland Borough
Frizington
Location within Cumbria
Population3,607 (2011.Civil Parish)
OS grid referenceNY0316
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townFRIZINGTON
Postcode districtCA26
Dialling code01946
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament

Historically, it was a collection of farms and houses, but became a unified village as a result of the mining (both coal and iron ore) opportunities in the area. The village is known for its church, which was built in 1867–1868.

Location

It lies by road 4.9 miles (8 km) east of Whitehaven, 38.2 miles (61 km) south-west of Carlisle and 44.4 miles (71 km) to the north of Barrow-in-Furness.

Etymology

"The name as a whole means 'tūn of Frisa' or 'of Frisa's people'"[1] ('tūn' is Old English for 'homestead', 'village'; OE 'Frīsa' means 'the Frisian').

Governance

Frizington is within the Copeland UK Parliamentary constituency and the North West England European Parliamentary constituency. Trudy Harrison is the Member of parliament.

For the European Parliament residents in Frizington voted to elect MEP's for the North West England constituency.

For Local Government purposes it is in the Arlecdon + Ennerdale ward of the Borough of Copeland and the Cleator Moor East + Frizington ward of Cumbria County Council.

Frizington has its own Parish Council; Arlecdon & Frizington Parish Council, the civil parish of Arlecdon and Frizington, has a population of 3,678,[2]

Notable people

Stephen Holgate, a professional rugby league player with a number of clubs, came from Frizington.

June 2010 shootings
Main article: Cumbria shootings

On 2 June 2010, Frizington was the scene of the second murder in the killing spree known as the Cumbria shootings, when Derrick Bird shot his family solicitor, Kevin Commons.[3]

See also

References
  1. Armstrong, A. M.; Mawer, A.; Stenton, F. M.; Dickens, B. (1950). The place-names of Cumberland. English Place-Name Society, vol. xxi. Part 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 336.
  2. Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Copeland Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2009-09-18
  3. "Cumbria Shootings - Interactive Map". BBC. 3 June 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2010.


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