Catterlen

Catterlen
Catterlen
	Catterlen with rainbow
	Catterlen Location within Cumbria
Population	605 (2011)
OS grid reference	NY4833
Civil parish	Catterlen;
District	Eden;
Shire county	Cumbria;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PENRITH
Postcode district	CA11
Dialling code	01768
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Penrith and the Border;
	List of places UK England Cumbria 54°41′00″N 2°49′00″W / 54.683333°N 2.816667°W

Catterlen is a small village and civil parish 3 miles (4.8 km) north west of Penrith, Cumbria. At the 2001 census the civil parish had a population of 471,^[2] increasing to 605 at the 2011 Census.^[1]

The village is a linear one with the B5305 road dividing it into two. Junction 41 of the M6 motorway is at Catterlen.

The parish of Catterlen also includes the slightly more populous village of Newton Reigny which was a separate parish from 1866 to 1934, previous to 1866 both villages were part of a larger Newton Reigny Parish.

The large house and former pele tower known as Catterlen Hall is closer to Newton Reigny than Catterlen.

Within the parish is Newton Rigg College, which was part of the Yorkshire-based Askham Bryan College.

Etymology[edit]

The name Catterlen is Brittonic in origin.^[3] The first part of the name is the element cadeir, meaning "throne, chair" (see Chatterton and Chadderton in Lancashire, and Catterton in North Yorkshire).^[3] The second element in the name is lẹ:n, whose Welsh equivalent llwyn means "thicket (of small trees and bushes)".^[3]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Catterlen Parish (E04002522)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Catterlen Parish (16UF013)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c James, Alan. "A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence" (PDF). SPNS - The Brittonic Language in the Old North. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

External links[edit]

Cumbria County History Trust: Catterlen (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)

Media related to Catterlen at Wikimedia Commons

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[census2011-1] UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Catterlen Parish (E04002522)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 April 2021.

[2] UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Catterlen Parish (16UF013)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 April 2021.

[bliton-3] James, Alan. "A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence" (PDF). SPNS - The Brittonic Language in the Old North. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

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