Croglin

Croglin

Croglin
Croglin
 Croglin shown within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY572471
Civil parishAinstable
DistrictEden
Shire countyCumbria
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town CARLISLE
Postcode district CA4
Dialling code 01768
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK ParliamentPenrith and The Border
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Coordinates: 54°49′01″N 2°39′54″W / 54.817°N 2.665°W / 54.817; -2.665

Croglin is the name of a village, beck (stream), and grange in Cumbria in England. Croglin is a quiet picturesque fellside village between the Pennines and the River Eden, about 14 miles (23 km) south-east of Carlisle. The surrounding land is used for agriculture, mainly sheep. A small river, Croglin Water, flows through the valley down into the River Eden.

A village has existed in this location for a long time and may originally have been two separate hamlets. There has been a church on the current site since the Norman period, but the present building, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, was erected in 1878 to a design by J. Hewison of Edinburgh. There is a post office, which opens two mornings a week, and a pub, the Robin Hood.

Because of its proximity to the Scottish borders, the village was often raided by the Border Reivers in the 15th century. The lower two stories of a pele tower still survive, incorporated into the house formerly known as Croglin Vicarage, now The Old Pele, a testament to that need for defence.[1]

The Old Pele

There is a tale of a vampire associated with the area. It has many versions, and some have accurate local details, many of which are available on other sites.

A toy manufacturer, Croglin Toys, was set up in the village in 1980, but now operates from nearby Lazonby.[2] A small dairy in the area, Thornby Moor Dairy, founded in 1979, has developed a type of cheese made from ewe's milk, known as Croglin Cheese.[3]

Etymology

'Croglin' is, " as suggested by Ekwall [4] ... probably a compound of a ME word 'crōk', 'bend', ultimately derived from ON 'krókr', and OE 'hlynn', 'torrent'. " [5] This might refer to the position of the village by a bend in the river. ('ME' is Middle English, 'OE' is Old English, 'ON' is Old Norse).

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Old Pele, British Listed Buildings Online, retrieved 2 June 2011
  2. ↑ "Children give Eden firm their "most playable toys in Britain" vote", Cumberland & Westmorland Herald, 14 December 2007, retrieved 7 December 2009
  3. ↑ Thornby Moor Dairy, UKTV, retrieved 7 December 2009
  4. ↑ Ekwall, Eilert (1922). The place-names of Lancashire. Manchester: Chetham Society.
  5. ↑ Armstrong, A. M.; Mawer, A.; Stenton, F. M.; Dickens, B. (1950). The place-names of Cumberland. English Place-Name Society, vol.xx. Part 1. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 183.


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