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Static Image Caption: | Beehive Inn, Eamont Bridge |
Official Name: | Yanwath and Eamont Bridge |
Country: | England |
Region: | North West England |
Os Grid Reference: | NY5228 |
Coordinates: | 54.642°N -2.741°W |
Post Town: | PENRITH |
Population: | 535 |
Population Ref: | (2011) |
Postcode Area: | CA |
Postcode District: | CA10 |
Dial Code: | 01768 |
Constituency Westminster: | Penrith and The Border |
Civil Parish: | Yanwath and Eamont Bridge |
Shire District: | Eden |
Shire County: | Cumbria |
Yanwath and Eamont Bridge is a civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England, consisting of the small village of Yanwath and most of the neighbouring village of Eamont Bridge. In the 2001 census it had a population of 457, increasing to 535 at the 2011 Census.The parish was created in 1866 and was formerly a township of Barton. The boundaries are now partially marked by the Rivers Eamont and Lowther. The parish council meets at the village hall in Eamont Bridge. The parish combines with Sockbridge and Tirril and Clifton to make up the Eamont ward of Eden District Council.
Half a mile north-west of Yanwath, Yanwath Hall is a fortified tower and hall house built in the early to mid 15th century, with 16th and 17th century alterations.[1]
The civil parish falls in the electoral ward of Eamont. This ward stretches west to Sockbridge and Tirril with a total population of 1,447.[2]