Dalston, Cumbria

Dalston is a large village and civil parish within the Carlisle district of Cumbria, historically, part of Cumberland. It is situated on the B5299 road 4 miles (6 km) south-south-west of Carlisle city centre, and approximately 5 miles (8 km) from Junction 42 of the M6 motorway.

Dalston
The Square at Dalston
Dalston Location within Cumbria
Population	2,590 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	NY395555
• London	261 mi (420 km) SSE
Civil parish	Dalston
District	Carlisle
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CARLISLE
Postcode district	CA5
Dialling code	01228
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Carlisle

The village is on the River Caldew, just to the north of where the Roe Beck joins the river. It is served by the Dalston railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line between Carlisle, Workington + Barrow-in-Furness.

Historic buildings

Rose Castle

Rose Castle, home of the Bishop of Carlisle for many centuries until 2009, is within the parish of Dalston, 1.5 miles (2 km)} from the heart of the village. The Architects Anthony Salvin and Thomas Rickman were responsible for the alterations which took place in the 19th Century.

Dalston Hall is a grade II* listed fortified house which is now a country house hotel.[2]

Dalston has two churches; St Michael's + All Angels Church.

Governance

There is a county electoral division of Dalston, stretching north towards Carlisle, with a total population at the 2011 United Kingdom census of 6,051.[3]

Education

There are two schools in Dalston, St. Michaels Primary School and Caldew Secondary School.

Economy

There is a Nestlé factory producing powdered milk, a BP fuel depot and the Barras Lane trading estate.

Notable people

• Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet (1792–1861) was educated at Dalston.[4]
• Georgiana Harcourt (1807–1886), translator, was born at Dalston while her father Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt was Bishop of Carlisle.[5]
• William Paley (1743–1805), was Vicar of Dalston in the 1780s.[6]
• Edward Rainbowe (1608–1684) lived here while Bishop of Carlisle.
• George Robinson (1737–1801), London publisher, was born here.[7]
• Musgrave Watson (1804–1847), sculptor, was born here.

See also

• Listed buildings in Dalston, Cumbria
• Unthank, Dalston

References

1. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 24 June 2015.
2. "Dalston Hall Ny 376515, Dalston". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
3. "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 24 June 2011.
4. Jonathan Parry, "Graham, Sir James Robert George, second baronet (1792–1861)", in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OUP, 2004) online at doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/11204 (subscription required)
5. Baptism on 27 July 1807 at the Parish Church, Dalston: “Georgiana Charlotte Frances Harcourt daughter of Edward and Ann Harcourt”
6. James E. Crimmins, "William Paley (1743–1805)" in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OUP, 2004)
7. Henry Richard Tedder, ”Robinson, George“, in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 49

External links

• Dalston Community Website