Country: | England |
Static Image Name: | St Peter's Church, Finsthwaite.jpeg |
Static Image Caption: | St. Peter's Church, Finsthwaite |
Coordinates: | 54.282°N -2.972°W |
Official Name: | Finsthwaite |
Civil Parish: | Colton |
Shire District: | South Lakeland |
Shire County: | Cumbria |
Region: | North West England |
Constituency Westminster: | Westmorland and Lonsdale |
Post Town: | ULVERSTON |
Postcode District: | LA12 |
Postcode Area: | LA |
Dial Code: | 015395 |
Os Grid Reference: | SD366878 |
Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom South Lakeland |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in South Lakeland |
Finsthwaite is a small village in the South Lakeland district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It is located near the Furness Fells and Windermere. Finsthwaite has a place of worship, St Peter's Church, and a Bobbin Mill called Stott Park Bobbin Mill, now a working museum.
Finsthwaite is in the civil parish of Colton.[1]
A picture of Finsthwaite in the eighteenth century is found in the account book of one of its residents.[2]