# Croglin > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Croglin > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Croglin.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croglin > Source revision: 1347703928 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Village in Cumbria, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | static_image_name = Croglin - geograph.org.uk - 252263.jpg | static_image_caption = Croglin | coordinates = {{coord|54.817|-2.665|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Croglin | type = Village | population = | population_ref = | civil_parish = [Ainstable](/source/Ainstable) | unitary_england = [Westmorland and Furness](/source/Westmorland_and_Furness) | lieutenancy_england = [Cumbria](/source/Cumbria) | region = North West England | constituency_westminster = [Penrith and Solway](/source/Penrith_and_Solway_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) | post_town = CARLISLE | postcode_district = CA4 | postcode_area = CA | dial_code = 01768 | os_grid_reference = NY572471 | pushpin_map = United Kingdom Eden | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the former [Eden District](/source/Eden_District) | label_position = }} '''Croglin''' is the name of a village, former [civil parish](/source/civil_parish), beck (stream), and grange now in the parish of [Ainstable](/source/Ainstable), in the [Westmorland and Furness](/source/Westmorland_and_Furness) district, [Cumbria](/source/Cumbria), England. Croglin is a quiet picturesque fellside village between the [Pennines](/source/Pennines) and the [River Eden](/source/River_Eden%2C_Cumbria), about {{convert|14|mi}} south-east of [Carlisle](/source/Carlisle%2C_Cumbria). The surrounding land is used for agriculture, mainly sheep. A small river, Croglin Water, flows through the valley down into the River Eden. In 1931 the parish had a population of 198.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10118566/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Croglin AP/CP through time|publisher=[A Vision of Britain through Time](/source/A_Vision_of_Britain_through_Time)|accessdate=30 December 2021}} 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](/source/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](/source/Border_Reivers) in the 15th century. The lower two stories of a [pele tower](/source/Peel_tower) still survive, incorporated into the house formerly known as Croglin Vicarage, now The Old Pele, a testament to that need for defence.{{citation |title=The Old Pele |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-73434-the-old-pele-and-rectory-farmhouse-and-ba |publisher=British Listed Buildings Online |access-date=2 June 2011}} A toy manufacturer, Croglin Toys, was set up in the village in 1980, but now operates from nearby [Lazonby](/source/Lazonby).{{citation |title=Children give Eden firm their "most playable toys in Britain" vote |newspaper=Cumberland & Westmorland Herald |date=14 December 2007 |url=http://www.cwherald.com/archive/archive/children-give-eden-firm-their-%26%238220%3bmost-playable-toys-in-britain%26%238221%3b-vote-20071214301094.htm |access-date=7 December 2009 }}{{dead link|date=January 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} 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.{{citation |title=Thornby Moor Dairy |url=http://uktv.co.uk/food/outlet/aid/618283 |publisher=UKTV |access-date=7 December 2009}} ==History== The name ''Croglin'' is{{Cite book|last=Ekwall|first=Eilert|title=The place-names of Lancashire|location=Manchester|publisher=Chetham Society|year=1922}} probably a compound of a [Middle English](/source/Middle_English) word ''crōk'', "bend", ultimately derived from [Old Norse](/source/Old_Norse) ''krókr'', and Old English {{lang|ang|hlynn}}, "torrent".{{Cite book|last1=Armstrong|first1=A. M.|last2=Mawer|first2=A.|last3=Stenton|first3=F. M.|last4=Dickens|first4=B.|title=The place-names of Cumberland|volume=Part 1|series=English Place-Name Society, vol.xx|location=Cambridge|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1950|page=183}} Though the location of Croglin favours this explanation,{{cite web |last1=James |first1=Alan |title=A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence |url=http://spns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Alan_James_Brittonic_Language_in_the_Old_North_BLITON_Volume_II_Dictionary.pdf |website=SPNS - The Brittonic Language in the Old North |access-date=25 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813011121/http://spns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Alan_James_Brittonic_Language_in_the_Old_North_BLITON_Volume_II_Dictionary.pdf |archive-date=13 August 2017 |url-status=dead }} also possible is derivation from [Brittonic](/source/Common_Brittonic) ''crǖg'', "abrupt/isolated hill" and ''lïnn'', "a pool" is also possible (cf. [Welsh](/source/Welsh_language) ''crug-llyn''). center|thumb|The Old Pele On 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished and merged with Ainstable, part also went to [Cumrew](/source/Cumrew).{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10118566|title=Relationships and changes Croglin AP/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=30 December 2021}} ===Alleged vampire case of 1874=== There is a tale of a vampire associated with the area. It has several versions. However, though the story is alleged to have occurred in 1874, there is no mention or evidence in historical records about the supposed event from before 1900. The author of a well-known version of the story claimed it was "told to him in 1874", but never bothered to share the story publicly until many decades later. The descendants of the supposed witness of the supposed case later grew to believe the story without question. Several key details in the claimed story do not add up with local geographic details as they were in the early 1870s. The entire story is likely a complete fiction, an anecdote by a relative that was taken far too seriously by the later author, or a heavily embellished version of an unrelated assault by a local (later exaggerated as a lurid tale of a vampire attack).{{cite web|url=https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4769 |title=The Vampire of Croglin Grange |website=Skeptoid.com (podcast) |date=2 March 2021 |accessdate=22 April 2022 }} ==See also== {{portal|Cumbria}} *[Listed buildings in Ainstable](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Ainstable) *[Croglin Grange](/source/Croglin_Grange) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Croglin}} *[http://www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/township/croglin Cumbria County History Trust: Croglin] (nb: provisional research only - see Talk page) {{authority control}} Category:Villages in Cumbria Category:Former civil parishes in Cumbria Category:Ainstable Category:English cheeses Category:Sheep's-milk cheeses {{WestmorlandFurness-geo-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Croglin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croglin) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croglin?action=history)). 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