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Blennerhasset and Torpenhow
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<h2 id="toponymy">Toponymy</h2> <p>The name <i>Blennerhasset</i> derives from the <a href="/facts/Brittonic_language/9MPYrKUG">Brittonic</a> <i>blaen dre</i>, meaning "hill farm", with the later addition of <a href="/facts/Old_Norse/3dIvgsm5">Old Norse</a> <i>hey sætr</i>, "hay shieling". Similarly, <i>Torpenhow</i> derives from the Brittonic <i>tor pen</i>, meaning "peak head" or "end of the high ground", to which the <a href="/facts/Old_English/9rsmQG2a">Old English</a> word <i>hōh</i> ("hill spur") has been added.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> Alternatively, <i>Torpenhow</i> may be an entirely Brittonic name incorporating a plural suffix.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="governance">Governance</h2> <p>Blennerhasset and Torpenhow is part of the <a href="/facts/Penrith_and_Solway_(UK_Parliament_constituency)/WeDyxGTf">Penrith and Solway</a> constituency of the <a href="/facts/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom/7bFbPI9g">UK parliament</a>. </p><p>For <a href="/facts/Local_Government/I9QYqnWI">Local Government</a> purposes it is in the <a href="/facts/Cumberland_(unitary_authority)/s4hNpB55">Cumberland</a> <a href="/facts/Unitary_authorities_of_England/kwEpTwby">unitary authority area</a>. </p><p>Its <a href="/facts/Parish_councils_in_England/4ahPFVmA">parish council</a> is Blennerhasset and Torpenhow Parish Council.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="blennerhasset-mill">Blennerhasset Mill</h2> <p>Blennerhasset Mill (at <a href="/facts/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid/1Njz9TP0">grid reference</a> <a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Blennerhasset_and_Torpenhow¶ms=54.765288_N_3.269132_W_region:GB_scale:25000">NY1844041890</a>) is on the south bank of the <a href="/facts/River_Ellen/o8DzBKEB">River Ellen</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="roman-fort">Roman fort</h2> <p>A Roman fort<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> is situated on the old Roman Road between <a href="/facts/Old_Carlisle/N8QCmQKS">Old Carlisle</a> <a href="/facts/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid/1Njz9TP0">grid reference</a> <a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Blennerhasset_and_Torpenhow¶ms=54.808823_N_3.148199_W_region:GB_scale:25000">NY263466</a> and <a href="/facts/Papcastle/p0dLxkCy">Papcastle</a> <a href="/facts/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid/1Njz9TP0">grid reference</a> <a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Blennerhasset_and_Torpenhow¶ms=54.669763_N_3.383070_W_region:GB_scale:25000">NY109314</a> </p> <h2 id="gallery">Gallery</h2> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li>Cumbria portal</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Listed_buildings_in_Blennerhasset_and_Torpenhow/RmrKnHUx">Listed buildings in Blennerhasset and Torpenhow</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Torpenhow_Hill/Scz9vdV5">Torpenhow Hill</a></li></ul> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Blennerhasset and Torpenhow. <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/township/blennerhassett-kirkland">Cumbria County History Trust: Blennerhasset and Kirkland</a> (nb: provisional research only - see Talk page)</li> <li><a href="http://www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/township/torpenhow-whitrigg">Cumbria County History Trust: Torpenhow and Whitrigg</a> (nb: provisional research only - see Talk page)</li></ul> <p><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Blennerhasset_and_Torpenhow¶ms=54_45_00_N_03_15_18_W_region:GB_type:adm3rd">54°45′00″N 03°15′18″W / 54.75000°N 3.25500°W / 54.75000; -3.25500</a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Parish population 2011". Retrieved 19 June 2015. <a href="http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120846&c=CA7+1HT&d=16&e=62&g=6411199&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1434736505884&enc=1" target="_blank">http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120846&c=CA7+1HT&d=16&e=62&g=6411199&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1434736505884&enc=1</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>1860 Ordnance Survey map <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Pardon? Where did you say that was?". BBC. Retrieved 1 February 2020. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria/content/articles/2005/03/31/cumbrian_place_names_feature.shtml" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria/content/articles/2005/03/31/cumbrian_place_names_feature.shtml</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Francis, Darryl (2003). "The Debunking of Torpenhow Hill". Word Ways. 36 (1): 6–8. <a href="/wiki/Darryl_Francis" target="_blank">/wiki/Darryl_Francis</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Watts, Victor, ed. (2010). The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names. Cambridge University Press. pp. 65, 623. ISBN 978-0-521-16855-7. <a href="978-0-521-16855-7" target="_blank">978-0-521-16855-7</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Torpenhow". Survey of English Place-Names. University of Nottingham. Retrieved 4 November 2024. <a href="https://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/Cumberland/Torpenhow/532847f8b47fc408f900103f-Torpenhow" target="_blank">https://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/Cumberland/Torpenhow/532847f8b47fc408f900103f-Torpenhow</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Ekwall, Eilert (1947). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names (3rd ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 455. <a href="https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.184064/page/n500" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.184064/page/n500</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Blennerhasset and Torpenhow Parish Council". <a href="http://www.blennerhasset.com/now/parish-council//" target="_blank">http://www.blennerhasset.com/now/parish-council//</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>RSL (26 May 2013). "Blennerhasset Mill - Blennerhasset". Retrieved 13 September 2023. <a href="https://www.blennerhasset.com/stories/blennerhasset-mill/" target="_blank">https://www.blennerhasset.com/stories/blennerhasset-mill/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Blennerhasset Roman Fort - Roman Britain". Retrieved 13 September 2023. <a href="https://www.roman-britain.co.uk/places/blennerhasset/" target="_blank">https://www.roman-britain.co.uk/places/blennerhasset/</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>