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Farleton | |
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Atkinson's Bridge, Farleton | |
Location within Cumbria | |
OS grid reference | NY533810 |
Civil parish | |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | CARNFORTH |
Postcode district | LA6 |
Dialling code | 015395 |
Police | Cumbria |
Fire | Cumbria |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
Farleton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Beetham,[1] in the Westmorland and Furness local government district, Cumbria, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 67.[2]
Historically within the county of Westmorland, Farleton lies near Milnthorpe, just to the east of the main A6070 road, from which it is divided by the Lancaster Canal, some 8+1⁄2 miles (13.7 km) south of Kendal. Farleton used to have one public house called 'the Duke' after the Grand Old Duke of York but this was turned into a dwelling house in the early part of the twentieth century. With Farleton there is a small river and one post box. There is also a limestone kiln and the remains of a limestone quarry.
Farleton was formerly a township in Beetham parish,[3] from 1866 Farleton was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1935 and merged with Beetham.[4]