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Sockbridge and Tirril | |
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Thorpe Field | |
Location within Cumbria | |
Population | 415 (2011)[1] |
OS grid reference | NY5026 |
Civil parish |
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District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | PENRITH |
Postcode district | CA10 |
Dialling code | 01768 |
Police | Cumbria |
Fire | Cumbria |
Ambulance | North West |
UK Parliament | |
Sockbridge and Tirril is a small civil parish in Eden District, Cumbria. It had a population of 397 in 2001,[2] increasing to 415 at the 2011 Census.[1] It comprises the adjoining settlements of Tirril, Sockbridge and Thorpe. All three were once separate places but are now, in effect, a single village. They are near Penrith. The two villages are separated by a river.
The parish was formed in 1866 as Sockbridge and was previously a township in the parish of Barton.