# Lamplugh > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lamplugh > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lamplugh.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamplugh > Source revision: 1331017932 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Civil parish in Cumbria, England For people named Lamplugh, see [Lamplugh (surname)](/source/Lamplugh_(surname)). Human settlement in England Lamplugh St. Michael's Church, Lamplugh Lamplugh Location in Copeland Borough Show map of the former Borough of Copeland Lamplugh Location within Cumbria Show map of Cumbria Population 805 (2011)[1] OS grid reference NY088208 Civil parish Lamplugh Unitary authority Cumberland Ceremonial county Cumbria Region North West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town WORKINGTON Postcode district CA14 Dialling code 01946 Police Cumbria Fire Cumbria Ambulance North West UK Parliament Whitehaven and Workington List of places UK England Cumbria 54°34′27″N 3°24′41″W / 54.5743°N 3.4113°W / 54.5743; -3.4113 **Lamplugh** ([/ˈlæmplə/](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English)) is a scattered community and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parish) located in West [Cumbria](/source/Cumbria) on the edge of the English [Lake District](/source/Lake_District) and [historically](/source/Historic_counties_of_England) part of [Cumberland](/source/Cumberland). It had a population of 763 in 2001,[2] increasing to 805 at the 2011 Census.[1] The main A5086 road from [Cockermouth](/source/Cockermouth) to [Egremont](/source/Egremont%2C_Cumbria) runs roughly north–south through the community. The [Whitehaven Cleator and Egremont Railway](/source/Whitehaven_Cleator_and_Egremont_Railway), later LMS, also ran through the parish, with a [station](/source/Lamplugh_railway_station) in Wright Green. North of Rowrah this lost its passenger service in 1931 and was closed to all traffic in 1954. Unusually, the village has no obvious centre. While [St. Michael's church](/source/St_Michael%2C_Lamplugh) is built on the highest point in the village, the local pub, the Lamplugh Tip Inn, is over a mile away on the A5086. The inn was closed for some time for renovation but has now reopened.[3] Lamplugh School (the local primary school) is at the hamlet of Kirkland. Because Lamplugh Civil Parish is very large, it includes Kirkland as well as Eskett and also, until recent boundary changes, parts of both Ennerdale Bridge and Rowrah. The village is on the edge of the [Lake District National Park](/source/Lake_District_National_Park). The roads from St. Michael's Church towards [Loweswater](/source/Loweswater) and from the church towards [Ennerdale](/source/Croasdale) form part of the national park boundary, with the national park lying to the east of the roads. While parts of the village lie within the national park, almost all dwellings are outside the national park and so are cheaper than in [Loweswater](/source/Loweswater). The boundary of this large parish is shown on 1:25,000 O.S. sheet OL4 "English Lakes NW". Much more information about Lamplugh is available in "The Parish of Lamplugh" published by the parish council in 1993 [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-9522511-0-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9522511-0-8), and "Lamplugh Church" published by Lamplugh and District Heritage Society in 2004. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-9547482-0-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9547482-0-4) Lamplugh is the starting point for a number of walks, and is also on the [Sea to Sea / C2C / Coast to Coast Cycle Route](/source/Sea_to_Sea_Cycle_Route), which runs along the roads forming the national park boundary described above. Lamplugh, renamed "Crossbridge", features in two of [Melvyn Bragg](/source/Melvyn_Bragg)'s novels - "The Hired Man" and "Without a City Wall" On 2 June 2010, Lamplugh was the scene of the first murder during the [killing spree](/source/Killing_spree) known as the [Cumbria shootings](/source/Cumbria_shootings), when Derrick Bird, of Rowrah, shot his twin brother, David, who was a resident of Lamplugh.[4] ## See also - [Cumbria portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Cumbria) - [Listed buildings in Lamplugh](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Lamplugh) - [Llan place name element](/source/Llan_place_name_element#Examples_of_Lan_place_names_in_Cumbria) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-census2011_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-census2011_1-1) [UK Census](/source/2011_United_Kingdom_census) (2011). ["Local Area Report – Lamplugh Parish (E04010479)"](https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2011_ks/report?compare=E04010479). *Nomis*. [Office for National Statistics](/source/Office_for_National_Statistics_(United_Kingdom)). Retrieved 24 April 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [UK Census](/source/2001_United_Kingdom_census) (2001). ["Local Area Report – Lamplugh Parish (16UE012)"](https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2001_ks/report?compare=16UE012). *Nomis*. [Office for National Statistics](/source/Office_for_National_Statistics). Retrieved 24 April 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Former Lamplugh Tip Inn reopens after 14 years closure as the Countryman pub - West Cumbria CAMRA"](https://westcumbria.camra.org.uk/viewnode.php?id=182242). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Cumbria Shootings - Interactive Map"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10232051). BBC. 3 June 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2010. ## External links - [Cumbria County History Trust: Lamplugh](http://www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/township/lamplugh) (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page) - [Map sources](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Lamplugh¶ms=54.573258_N_3.412286_W_region:GB_scale:100000) for Lamplugh Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Lamplugh](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Lamplugh). Authority control databases International VIAF WorldCat National United States Israel --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Lamplugh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamplugh) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamplugh?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.