Bootle, Cumbria

Bootle
St Michael and All Angels' Church
Bootle  Bootle shown within Cumbria
Population	742 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	SD106882
Civil parish	Bootle
District	Copeland
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MILLOM
Postcode district	LA19 5
Dialling code	01229 718
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Copeland
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Coordinates: 54°17′N 3°22′W / 54.28°N 3.37°W

Bootle (oo as in boot) is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Copeland in Cumbria, England. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 745.^[2] Historically in Cumberland, the village is in the Lake District National Park, and is close to the Irish Sea coast. Near to Bootle is the Eskmeals Firing Range, which was a large employer but in the mid to late 1990s reduced the workforce. Also within the parish is Hycemoor, a hamlet situated 1.2 miles (1.9 km) north-west of Bootle, where Bootle railway station is located.

History

Bootle is listed in the Domesday Book as one of the townships forming the Manor of Hougun held by Earl Tostig.^[3] A charter for a market and a fair for the 'exaltation of the cross' was granted in 1347 by King Edward III to John de Huddleston, Lord of Millom.

Governance

An electoral ward of the same name exists. This ward stretches north along the coast as far as Muncaster with a total population of 1,300.^[4]

Transport

• Bootle railway station, 1-mile (1.6 km) from Bootle^[5]

Education

• Primary school (Captain Shaw's School)^[6]

Religious sites

• St Michael's Church^[7]
• Chapel (Independent) - Formerly a Congregational Church built 1780. It became part of the United Reformed Church when the Congregational and Presbyterian Churches united in 1972 but became independent in the 1990s. The building is now owned by Rural Ministries and is still in use as an evangelical church.^[8]
• Seaton Priory There are some remains of the Benedictine nunnery to the north of the parish.

Surnames

Most common surnames in Bootle at the time of the United Kingdom Census of 1881,^[9] by order of incidence:

• 1. Parker
• 2. Hodgson
• 3. Tyson
• 4. Singleton
• 5. Harrison
• 6. Southward
• 7. Thompson
• 8. Gaitskell
• 9. Huddlestone
• 9. Taylor

See also

• Listed buildings in Bootle, Cumbria

References

1. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 15 June 2015.
2. "National Statistics". 2001 census. Office for National Statistics. 2001. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
3. Cumbria: Hougun (The Domesday Book On-Line) http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/book.html
4. "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 15 June 2015.
5. National Rail Enquiries, accessed 24 January 2010
6. Cumbria County Council school list Archived December 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine., accessed 24 January 2010
7. St Michael, Bootle, Church of England, retrieved 18 October 2011
8. Rural Ministries, Accessed 24 January 2010
9. Most Common Surnames in Bootle

External links

• Bootle Evangelical Church
• Local community website
• The Cumbria Directory
• Duddon & Furness Mountain Rescue Team

External links

Media related to Bootle, Cumbria at Wikimedia Commons