Hutton Roof, South Lakeland Explained

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Official Name:Hutton Roof
Country:England
Region:North West England
Os Grid Reference:SD5778
Coordinates:54.197°N -2.661°W
Population:218
Population Ref:(2011)
Civil Parish:Hutton Roof
Shire District:South Lakeland
Shire County:Cumbria
Constituency Westminster:Westmorland and Lonsdale
Post Town:CARNFORTH
Postcode District:LA6
Postcode Area:LA
Dial Code:01524

Hutton Roof is a village and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England, close to Kirkby Lonsdale and Hutton Roof Crags. Historically in Westmorland, the parish includes the hamlet of Newbiggin. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 193, increasing at the 2011 census to 218.

Army Chaplain and Victoria Cross recipient Theodore Hardy (1863-1918) was Vicar of Hutton Roof while serving in the First World War.[1]

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  1. Book: Raw, David. "It's only me": A life of the Reverend Theodore Bayley Hardy, V.C., D.S.O., M.C., 1863–1918, vicar of Hutton Roof, Westmorland. Gatebeck, Kendal. Frank Peters Publishing. 1988. vii, 105. 0948511451.