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Frizington
Village
St Paul's Church, Frizington
FrizingtonLocation in the former Copeland BoroughShow map of the former Borough of CopelandFrizingtonLocation within CumbriaShow map of Cumbria
Population	3,607 (2011.Civil Parish)
OS grid reference	NY0316
Civil parish	Arlecdon and Frizington
Unitary authority	Cumberland
Ceremonial county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	FRIZINGTON
Postcode district	CA26
Dialling code	01946
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Whitehaven and Workington
List of places UK England Cumbria 54°32′24″N 3°29′42″W / 54.540°N 3.495°W / 54.540; -3.495

Frizington is a village in Cumbria, England, historically part of Cumberland, near the Lake District National Park.

Historically, it was a collection of farms and houses, but became a unified village as a result of the mining (both coal and iron ore) opportunities in the area. The village is known for its church, which was built in 1867–1868.

Location

It lies by road five miles (eight kilometres) east of Whitehaven, 38 miles (61 kilometres) southwest of Carlisle, and 44+1⁄2 miles (72 kilometres) north of Barrow-in-Furness.

Etymology

"The name as a whole means 'tūn of Frisa' or 'of Frisa's people'" ('tūn' is Old English for 'homestead', 'village'; OE 'Frīsa' means 'the Frisian').

Governance

Frizington is within the Whitehaven and Workington UK Parliamentary constituency.

Frizington has its own Parish Council; Arlecdon & Frizington Parish Council, the civil parish of Arlecdon and Frizington, has a population of 3,678,

Notable people

Stephen Holgate, a professional rugby league player with a number of clubs, came from Frizington.

June 2010 shootings

On 2 June 2010, Frizington was the scene of the second murder in the killing spree known as the Cumbria shootings, when Derrick Bird shot his family solicitor, Kevin Commons.

See also

• Listed buildings in Arlecdon and Frizington

References

1. Armstrong, A. M.; Mawer, A.; Stenton, F. M.; Dickens, B. (1950). The place-names of Cumberland. English Place-Name Society, vol. xxi. Vol. Part 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 336.
2. Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Copeland Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2009-09-18
3. "Cumbria Shootings - Interactive Map". BBC. 3 June 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2010.

External links

• Cumbria County History Trust: Arlecdon (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
• Frizington Cumbria, from The Cumbria Directory.

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