Stonethwaite

{{Short description|Village in Cumbria, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox UK place | official_name = Stonethwaite | population = | country = England | os_grid_reference = NY2613 | coordinates = {{coord|54.50689|-3.14435|display=inline,title}} | civil_parish = [[Borrowdale]] | unitary_england = [[Cumberland (unitary authority)|Cumberland]] | lieutenancy_england = [[Cumbria]] | region = North West England | constituency_westminster = [[Penrith and Solway (UK Parliament constituency)|Penrith and Solway]] | post_town = KESWICK | postcode_area = CA | postcode_district = CA12 | dial_code = 017687 | london_distance = | static_image_name = Stonethwaite main street.jpg | static_image_caption = Stonethwaite's main street | pushpin_map = United Kingdom Allerdale | pushpin_map_caption = Location in [[Allerdale]], [[Cumbria]] }}

'''Stonethwaite''' is a small village in the [[Lake District]] in the English county of [[Cumbria]], [[Historic counties of England|historically]] part of [[Cumberland]], it is situated in the valley of the [[Stonethwaite Beck]], a side valley of [[Borrowdale]], and within the [[Lake District National Park]]. It is on the [[Cumbria Way]] long-distance footpath.

==History== The farm at Stonethwaite was once owned by the monks at [[Fountains Abbey]] in Yorkshire from 1195 as part of lands they owned in the Borrowdale valley. The monks of Furness complained to [[Edward II|King Edward II]] that they objected to the terms of the ownership of what was now a thriving dairy business. The king did not adjudicate but merely sequestrated the farm and then sold it back to Fountains Abbey in 1304 for two pounds.<ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stonethwaite_plaque.jpg Plaque in Stonethwaite], photographed September 2014</ref>

==Governance== Stonethwaite is within the [[Penrith and Solway (UK Parliament constituency)|Penrith and Solway]] UK parliamentary constituency.

Stonethwaite has its own [[Parish councils in England|Parish Council]]; ''Borrowdale Parish Council''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://borrowdale.org.uk/|title= Borrowdale Parish Council}}</ref>

==See also== {{portal|Cumbria}} *[[Listed buildings in Borrowdale]]

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