Tallentire

Tallentire is a village in west Cumbria, England, about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of Cockermouth. The village is located just outside the Lake District National Park.

Tallentire

Former chapel, Tallentire
Tallentire
Location in Allerdale
Tallentire
Location within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY108352
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCOCKERMOUTH
Postcode districtCA13
Dialling code01900
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament

Etymology

The name Tallentire is one of Brittonic origins.[1] The first element tāl means "brow, front, end",[1] and the terminal element *tīr means "land" (Welsh tâl and tir).[1] Unusually, "Tallentire" appears to contain a definite article in the form of -en,[1] leading to the proposition that *[h]ïn was a definite article in the Brittonic of the North,[1] although ï[r] (Welsh y; see Penyghent, Penicuik) is considerably more common.[1] The meaning of the name may be "end of the land".[2]

Governance

Tallentire is part of the Workington constituency for UK parliament. The current Member of Parliament for the Workington constituency is Mark Jenkinson, who is a member of the Conservative Party. Until the 2019 election the Labour Party had won the seat in the constituency in every general election since 1979. The Conservative Party had previously only been elected once in Workington since World War II, at the 1976 Workington by-election.[3]

The village is in the Broughton St Bridget's electoral ward of Allerdale Borough Council. This ward stretches north to Bridekirk with a total population at the 2011 Census of 4,178.[4] Tallentire is part of the Dearham and Broughton Ward of Cumbria County Council.

References
  1. James, Alan. "A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence" (PDF). SPNS - The Brittonic Language in the Old North. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  2. A. D. Mills, A Dictionary of English Place Names (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991), s.v.
  3. "A vision of Britain website – general elections section". Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  4. "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 16 June 2015.

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