# Helton, Cumbria

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Village in Cumbria, England

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Human settlement in England

Helton Helton Village Green Helton Location in Eden, Cumbria Show map of the former Eden District Helton Location within Cumbria Show map of Cumbria OS grid reference NY509221 Civil parish Askham Unitary authority Westmorland and Furness Ceremonial county Cumbria Region North West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town PENRITH Postcode district CA10 Dialling code 01931 Police Cumbria Fire Cumbria Ambulance North West UK Parliament Westmorland and Lonsdale List of places UK England Cumbria 54°35′31″N 2°45′32″W / 54.592°N 2.759°W / 54.592; -2.759

**Helton** is a village in the [Westmorland and Furness](/source/Westmorland_and_Furness) district, in the [English county](/source/English_county) of [Cumbria](/source/Cumbria). It is about a mile south of the village of [Askham](/source/Askham%2C_Cumbria). Circa 1870, it had a population of 180 as recorded in the [Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales](/source/Imperial_Gazetteer_of_England_and_Wales).[1] The village is situated on a steep slope running down from the limestone fells to the flood plain of the River Lowther. Helton is on Wideworth Farm Road, which forms part of the road north to Penrith, and south towards Bampton.[2] A Wesleyan chapel was built in Helton in c.1857 and is a Grade II listed building,[3] now converted for residential use .

## Location grid

Places adjacent to Helton, Cumbria Askham Heltondale Helton, Cumbria Whale Butterwick

## Notable Former Residents

Mark Eden (Chief Engineer, Ford).

## See also

- [Cumbria portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Cumbria)

- [Listed buildings in Askham, Cumbria](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Askham%2C_Cumbria)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["History of Helton, in Eden and Westmorland"](http://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25379). Vision of Britain. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Helton, Cumbria | Co-Curate"](https://co-curate.ncl.ac.uk/helton-cumbria/). *co-curate.ncl.ac.uk*. Retrieved 1 April 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["HELTON METHODIST CHAPEL, Askham - 1326820 | Historic England"](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1326820). *historicengland.org.uk*. Retrieved 1 April 2020.

## External links

- [Cumbria County History Trust: Askham](http://www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/township/askham) (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)

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