Underbarrow

{{Short description|Village in Cumbria, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox UK place | official_name = Underbarrow | civil_parish = Underbarrow and Bradleyfield | country = England | region = North West England | static_image_name = All Saints Church, Underbarrow - geograph.org.uk - 170512.jpg | static_image_caption = All Saints Church | population = 330 | population_ref = ''(2011)''<ref name=census2011/> | os_grid_reference = SD467921 | coordinates = {{coord|54.322|-2.820|display=inline,title}} | post_town = Kendal | postcode_area = LA | postcode_district = LA8 | dial_code = 01539 |unitary_england = Westmorland and Furness |lieutenancy_england = Cumbria | constituency_westminster = Westmorland and Lonsdale | pushpin_map = United Kingdom South Lakeland | pushpin_map_caption = Location in South Lakeland }}

'''Underbarrow''' is a small village in Cumbria, England, located {{convert|3|mi}} west of Kendal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=2031290&word=NULL|title=Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Underbarrow|work=A Vision of Britain Through Time|publisher=University of Portsmouth and others|access-date=2011-02-09}}</ref> The village is in the Lake District National Park. It is in the civil parish of '''Underbarrow and Bradleyfield''', in Westmorland and Furness district, and has a parish council.<ref>{{cite web|title=Underbarrow and Bradleyfield Parish Council|url=http://www.underbarrowparishcouncil.co.uk/|publisher=Underbarrow and Bradleyfield Parish Council|access-date=11 March 2016}}</ref> In the 2001 census Underbarrow and Bradleyfield had a population of 351,<ref>{{NOMIS2001 |id=16UG073 |title=Underbarrow and Bradleyfield Parish |access-date=14 May 2021}}</ref> decreasing at the 2011 census to 330.<ref name=census2011>{{NOMIS2011 |id=E04002656 |title=Underbarrow and Bradleyfield Parish |access-date=14 May 2021}}</ref>

==Politics== In 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 Underbarrow became a part of the South Lakeland district whose administrative centre is Kendal. In 2023 the South Lakeland district was abolished and the town is now part of the Westmorland and Furness district.

Underbarrow is part of the Westmorland and Lonsdale parliamentary constituency for which Tim Farron is the current MP representing the Liberal Democrats.<ref>[https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/tim_farron/westmorland_and_lonsdale Tim Farron "TheyWorkForYou" listing]</ref>

== Famous residents == * Edward Burrough (1634–1663), the Quaker, was born here

==See also== {{Portal|Cumbria}} *Listed buildings in Underbarrow and Bradleyfield *Kendal *Westmorland and Furness

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==External links== {{commons category|Underbarrow}} * [http://www.underbarrow.org Underbarrow village website] *[http://www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/township/underbarrow-bradleyfield Cumbria County History Trust: Underbarrow and Bradleyfield] (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)

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Category:Westmorland Category:Villages in Cumbria Category:Westmorland and Furness