| Whale | |
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| Hamlet | |
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  Whale Location in the former Eden District  Whale Location within Cumbria | |
| OS grid reference | NY520215 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PENRITH |
| Postcode district | CA10 |
| Dialling code | 01931 |
| Police | Cumbria |
| Fire | Cumbria |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
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]
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See also
References
- ↑ "Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WHALE". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ↑ "Welsh language history - place names". Wales. 27 November 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ↑ Sullivan, Jeremiah (1857). Cumberland & Westmorland, Ancient and Modern: The People, Dialect, Superstitions and Customs. Whittaker and Company. p. 82.
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