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The village has four [[pubs]], a small [[supermarket]], a fish & chip shop,an antique book shop , a butcher's shop, a [[primary school]], newsagents, coffee shop, ceramic art studio called Edge Ceramics, [[fire station]], bank(only open 4 hours a week , a shoe shop and church (of england) |
The village has four [[pubs]], a small [[supermarket]], a fish & chip shop,an antique book shop , a butcher's shop, a [[primary school]], newsagents, coffee shop, ceramic art studio called Edge Ceramics, [[fire station]], bank(only open 4 hours a week) , a shoe shop(new balance) and church (of england) |
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The [[West Coast Main Line]], opened by the [[Lancaster and Carlisle Railway]] on 17 December 1846, runs along the eastern edge of the village but [[Shap railway station]] was closed in 1968, though there have been recent calls for its re-opening. |
The [[West Coast Main Line]], opened by the [[Lancaster and Carlisle Railway]] on 17 December 1846, runs along the eastern edge of the village but [[Shap railway station]] was closed in 1968, though there have been recent calls for its re-opening. |
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Revision as of 14:19, 3 January 2010
| Shap | |
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 Shap Market Cross | |
| Population | 1,221 |
| OS grid reference | NY600147 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Cumbria |
| Fire | Cumbria |
| Ambulance | North West |
Shap is a linear village located amongst fells and isolated dales in Eden district, Cumbria, England. The village lies along the A6 road and is near to the M6 motorway. It is situated 10 miles from Penrith and about 15 miles from Kendal.
Etymology
Early forms such as Hep and Yheppe point to an Old Norse rendering Hjáp of an Anglo-Saxon original Hēap = "heap", perhaps referring to an ancient stone circle or cairn.
Description
The village has four pubs, a small supermarket, a fish & chip shop,an antique book shop , a butcher's shop, a primary school, newsagents, coffee shop, ceramic art studio called Edge Ceramics, fire station, bank(only open 4 hours a week) , a shoe shop(new balance) and church (of england)
The West Coast Main Line, opened by the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway on 17 December 1846, runs along the eastern edge of the village but Shap railway station was closed in 1968, though there have been recent calls for its re-opening.
major employers in the area are the Hanson and Corus limestone quarries .
Although Shap is a small village, technically it is a market town with a charter dating from the 17th century. The parish was, between 1905 and 1935, administered by an urban district council. At one time, the granite works (which are situated about a mile outside the village) was in itself a separate community, with its own Co-op store.
The civil parish of Shap (formerly Shap Urban Parish) includes the hamlet of Keld and parts of the granite works and Corus limestone works, and has a population of 1,221.[1] The parish shares a joint parish council with Shap Rural.
Shap is on the route of the Coast to Coast Walk. there are a few places to stop on this long walk once arriving in Shap - New Ing Lodge,the hermitage,brookfield,green farm (camping)the kings arms and the greyhound .
Some of the scenes in the feature film Withnail and I, , were filmed around Shap. Sleddale Hall, the filming location for Uncle Monty's cottage Crow Crag, is located near Wet Sleddale Reservoir.
On October 22 1999, a Hawk jet from RAF Leeming crashed into an empty barn in the village before disintegrating across the main A6 and west coast railway line, killing its two man crew.
Dialect
The people of Shap speak a variant of the Penrithian dialect, which is itself a variant of the Cumbrian dialect spoken around the Penrith and Eden district area.
Attractions
Shap Summit is located on the motorway at NY583120 and the railway at NY570110.
Shap Fell NY530088 is known for Shap granite[2] that is a pink rock rich in orthoclase, quartz and biotite; Shap Pink Quarry NY557083 takes its name from this. Shap Abbey NY547151 is also nearby.
Shap Wells has a mineral spa in the grounds of a hotel that was used in World War II as a Prisoner of War Camp.
References
- ^ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Eden Retrieved 2009-11-21
- ^ "Shap granite".
External links
- Map sources for Shap - the village
- St. Michael’s Church, Shap
- Rail Worker’s Monument, Shap
- Shap Air Crash Anniversary
Location Grid
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