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Applethwaite

Coordinates: 54°37′N 3°08′W / 54.61°N 03.14°W / 54.61; -03.14
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Applethwaite
Applethwaite
Applethwaite is located in the former Allerdale Borough
Applethwaite
Applethwaite
Location in Allerdale, Cumbria
Applethwaite is located in Cumbria
Applethwaite
Applethwaite
Location within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY2625
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKeswick
Postcode districtCA12
Dialling code017687
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54°37′N 3°08′W / 54.61°N 03.14°W / 54.61; -03.14

Applethwaite is a village in the foothills of Skiddaw near Keswick in the English Lake District. It is in the county of Cumbria, and forms part of the civil parish of Underskiddaw, which has a population of 282.[1] The name derives from it originally being the clearing in a forest with apples in it.[2]

Applethwaite is mentioned in Alfred Wainwright's The Northern Fells guide book. The narrator/nursemaid Hester in "The Old Nurse’s Story" by Elizabeth Gaskell is from this village.

The church

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St Marys church in the village is plain with some stained glass windows. The other church here is St John the Evangelist.

Location

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Applethwaite is just off the A591, 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Keswick.

See also

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