Country: | England |
Static Image Name: | Whale (geograph 4024268).jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Whale |
Coordinates: | 54.586°N -2.741°W |
Official Name: | Whale |
Type: | Hamlet |
Civil Parish: | Lowther |
Unitary England: | Westmorland and Furness |
Lieutenancy England: | 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: | NY520215 |
Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom Eden |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the former Eden District |
Label Position: | left |
Whale is a hamlet in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area, Cumbria, England. Historically in Westmorland, it is about a mile south of the village of Askham. In the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72 it had a population of 53.[1]
The name Whale comes from the same Anglo-Saxon language root as the country Wales, meaning 'foreigners'.[2] It was given by the Angles of Helton to the Celtic inhabitants of the opposite side of the River Lowther, c. the 9th century.[3]