Country: | England |
Static Image Name: | Helton Village Green - geograph.org.uk - 73021.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Helton Village Green |
Coordinates: | 54.592°N -2.759°W |
Official Name: | Helton |
Civil Parish: | Askham |
Shire District: | Eden |
Shire County: | Cumbria |
Region: | North West England |
Constituency Westminster: | Penrith and The Border |
Post Town: | PENRITH |
Postcode District: | CA10 |
Postcode Area: | CA |
Dial Code: | 01931 |
Os Grid Reference: | NY509221 |
Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom Eden |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Eden, Cumbria |
Label Position: | left |
Helton is a village in the Eden district, in the English county of Cumbria. It is about a mile south of the village of Askham. Circa 1870, it had a population of 180 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.[1] The village is situated on a steep slope running down from the limestone fells to the flood plain of the River Lowther. Helton is on Wideworth Farm Road, which forms part of the road north to Penrith, and south towards Bampton.[2] A Wesleyan chapel was built in Helton in c.1857 and is a Grade II listed building,[3] now converted for residential use .
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