# Winton, Cumbria

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Village and civil parish in Cumbria, England

Human settlement in England

Winton Millennium Monument Winton Location within Cumbria Population 327 (2011(including Kaber))[1] OS grid reference NY7810 Civil parish Winton Unitary authority Westmorland and Furness Ceremonial county Cumbria Region North West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town KIRKBY STEPHEN Postcode district CA17 Dialling code 01768 Police Cumbria Fire Cumbria Ambulance North West UK Parliament Westmorland and Lonsdale List of places UK England Cumbria 54°29′20″N 2°20′06″W / 54.489°N 2.335°W / 54.489; -2.335

**Winton** is a village and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parishes_in_England) in the [Westmorland and Furness](/source/Westmorland_and_Furness) district of [Cumbria](/source/Cumbria), England. It is 2.9 miles (4.7 km) south of [Brough](/source/Brough%2C_Cumbria), and 1.6 miles (2.6 km) north of [Kirkby Stephen](/source/Kirkby_Stephen), and had a population of 213 at the 2001 Census.[2] At the [2011 census](/source/United_Kingdom_Census_2011) Winton was grouped with [Kaber](/source/Kaber%2C_Cumbria) giving a total population of 327.[1] The word Winton is Old English or Anglo-Saxon in origin, *Wyntuna* meaning a pasture. Farmstead was first identified in 1094, shortly after the Norman Conquest, during a period known as the 'Harrying of the North'. [3] On 12 April 1659, the village of Winton was at the centre of the Westmorland witch trials, during which several women were hanged at Appleby General Sessions, found guilty of bewitching Margaret Bousefield.[4]

During the Middle Ages Winton was at the centre of the sheep rearing in the Eden Valley, where the flocks moved across the hills into pastures new. More controversial was the part played by the Archbishop of York in dealing with invasions by Scots armies, raiding, looting and burning, sheep-stealing. On 5 October 1357 the local bishop was required to accept the redemption of King David Bruce of Scotland, for the Suffragan Michael of York held sway in the mountains of the West March.[5][6]

Both Kirkby Stephen and the village of Winton had a grammar school each, where its major benefactor was a Cambridge educated teacher. Richard Burn helped found the free school that took all children from the neighbouring parishes.

## Notable people

- [John Langhorne (poet)](/source/John_Langhorne_(poet))

- [Richard Burn](/source/Richard_Burn), school benefactor

## See also

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

- [Listed buildings in Winton, Cumbria](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Winton%2C_Cumbria)

- [List of English and Welsh endowed schools (19th century)](/source/List_of_English_and_Welsh_endowed_schools_(19th_century))

## 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 – Winton Parish (E04002582)"](https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2011_ks/report?compare=E04002582). *Nomis*. [Office for National Statistics](/source/Office_for_National_Statistics_(United_Kingdom)). Retrieved 20 April 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Office for National Statistics : *Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Eden*](http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790349) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20141009005239/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790349) 9 October 2014 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) Retrieved 26 October 2010

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [A Dictionary of British Place-Names](https://books.google.com/books?id=tXucAQAAQBAJ&dq=Winton%2C+Cumbria&pg=PA503)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Paranormal Cumbria (2012)](https://books.google.com/books?id=_m87AwAAQBAJ&dq=Winton%2C+Cumbria&pg=PT30)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Register Edendon Winton

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Church of Cumbria and Strathclyde (1873)](https://books.google.com/books?id=otg3AQAAMAAJ&dq=Winton%2C+Cumbria&pg=PA63)

## External links

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

- [Winton in The Cumbria Directory](http://www.thecumbriadirectory.com/Town_or_Village/location.php?url=winton)

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