Blennerhasset and Torpenhow

"Blennerhasset" and "Torpenhow" redirect here. For the family of an almost identical name, see Blennerhassett (disambiguation). For the hill, see Torpenhow Hill.

Map
Location of Blennerhasset and Torpenhow
Church of St Michael and All Angels, Torpenhow
Building at Torpenhow, formerly the Sun Inn

Blennerhasset and Torpenhow (locally /blɛnˈreɪsɪt/ and /trəˈpɛnə/) is a civil parish in Cumbria, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 437, reducing to 423 at the 2011 Census.[1] It includes the villages of Blennerhasset grid reference NY178415 and Torpenhow at NY202397 and the smaller settlement of Kirkland Guards at NY187401. It is located just outside the Lake District National Park. Baggrow railway station was immediately north of Blennerhasset.[2]

The local pronunciation of Torpenhow is trə-PEN-ə, rather than the more intuitive TOR-pen-how (/ˈtɔːrpənhaʊ/).[3][4] Blennerhasset is pronounced blen-RAY-sit (/blɛnˈreɪsɪt/) instead of BLEN-ər-hass-it (/ˈblɛnərhæsɪt/) as would be expected outside of Cumbria.

St Michael's Church, Torpenhow has a Norman chancel arch with a remarkable carving of interlocking human figures, and a painted wooden ceiling.

  1. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  2. ^ 1860 Ordnance Survey map
  3. ^ "Pardon? Where did you say that was?". BBC. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Francis was invoked but never defined (see the help page).