Whelpo

Whelpo
Hamlet
Whelpo Bridge
Whelpo is located in Cumbria
Whelpo
Whelpo
Location within Cumbria
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWIGTON
Dialling code016974
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria
54°44′49″N 3°04′33″W / 54.74694°N 3.07583°W / 54.74694; -3.07583

Whelpo is a hamlet in the civil parish of Caldbeck, in the Cumberland unitary authority area, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England.[1] It is about one mile west of the village of Caldbeck. It can be accessed by the B5299 road. The hamlet contains two listed buildings – Whelpo Head,[2] an 18th-century former farmhouse, and Whelpo Bridge,[3] a stone bridge traversing Whelpo Beck. The other feature in the hamlet is the aforementioned Whelpo Beck, also referred to as Cald Beck, which is a tributary to the River Caldew.[4] The beck has a catchment area of 39.6 km2.[5]

The name "Whelpo" means "hill of the whelps", coming from Old Norse hvelpr.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Whelpo | Co-Curate". co-curate.ncl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
  2. ^ "WHELPO HEAD, Caldbeck - 1144412 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
  3. ^ "Whelpo Bridge | Co-Curate". co-curate.ncl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
  4. ^ "Cald Beck / Whelpo Beck | Co-Curate". co-curate.ncl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
  5. ^ "Whelpo (Cald) Beck | Catchment Data Explorer | Catchment Data Explorer". environment.data.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
  6. ^ "Whelpo :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-17.


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