Catterlen

Catterlen is a small village and civil parish 3 miles (4.8 km) north west of Penrith, Cumbria.

Catterlen
Catterlen
Catterlen Location within Cumbria
Population	605 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	NY4833
Civil parish	Catterlen
District	Eden
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PENRITH
Postcode district	CA11
Dialling code	01768
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Penrith and the Border

The village is a linear one with the B5305 road dividing it into two. Junction 41 of the M6 motorway is at Catterlen.

The parish of Catterlen also includes the slightly more populous village of Newton Reigny which was a separate parish from 1866 to 1934, previous to 1866 both villages were part of a larger Newton Reigny Parish.

The large house and former pele tower known as Catterlen Hall is closer to Newton Reigny than Catterlen.

Within the parish is the Newton Rigg College part of the Yorkshire-based Askham Bryan College.

Etymology

The name Catterlen is Brittonic in origin.[2] The first part of the name is the element cadeir, meaning "throne, chair" (see Chatterton and Chadderton in Lancashire, and Catterton in North Yorkshire).[2] The second element in the name is lẹ:n, whose Welsh equivalent llwyn means "thicket (of small trees and bushes)".[2]

See also

• Listed buildings in Catterlen

References

1. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 21 June 2015.
2. James, Alan. "A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence" (PDF). SPNS - The Brittonic Language in the Old North. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

External links

Media related to Catterlen at Wikimedia Commons