Helton, Cumbria

Helton is a village in the Eden district, in the English county of Cumbria. It is about a mile south of the village of Askham. Circa 1870, it had a population of 180 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.[1] The village is situated on a steep slope running down from the limestone fells to the flood plain of the River Lowther. Helton is on Wideworth Farm Road, which forms part of the road north to Penrith, and south towards Bampton.[2] A Wesleyan chapel was built in Helton in c.1857 and is a Grade II listed building,[3] now converted for residential use .

Helton

Helton Village Green
Helton
Location in Eden, Cumbria
Helton
Location within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY509221
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPENRITH
Postcode districtCA10
Dialling code01931
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament

Location grid

Notable Former Residents

Mark Eden (Chief Engineer, Ford).

See also

References
  1. "History of Helton, in Eden and Westmorland". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  2. "Helton, Cumbria | Co-Curate". co-curate.ncl.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  3. "HELTON METHODIST CHAPEL, Askham - 1326820 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2020.


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