Crackenthorpe

For other uses, see Crackenthorpe (disambiguation).
Crackenthorpe

Crackenthorpe
Crackenthorpe
 Crackenthorpe shown within Cumbria
Population 77 (2001)
OS grid referenceNY6622
Civil parishCrackenthorpe
DistrictEden
Shire countyCumbria
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town APPLEBY IN WESTMORLAND
Postcode district CA16
Dialling code 01768
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK ParliamentPenrith and the Border
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria

Coordinates: 54°34′59″N 2°31′01″W / 54.583°N 2.517°W / 54.583; -2.517

Crackenthorpe is a village and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England. It is about 12 miles (19 km) south east of Penrith. The village was on the A66 road until it was by-passed. The population of the civil parish was less than 100 at the 2011 Census. Details are therefore included in the parish of Long Marton.


Crackenthorpe Hall is a large grade II listed house which was rebuilt in the early 17th century and restructured in circa 1685 by Hugh & Thomas Machell. It has since been subdivided into several dwellings.[1] It was reputedly haunted by the ghost of Peg Sneddle, the grey lady of Crackenthorpe. Her body was exhumed and buried in the bed of the River Eden under a boulder of Shap granite known as Peg's stone.[2]

Location grid


 Long Marton
Bolton Appleby-in-Westmorland
   Crackenthorpe  
Colby

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Name: CRACKENTHORPE HALL List entry Number: 1225826". English Heritage. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Crackenthorpe Hall". Retrieved 19 August 2014.
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