Fornside

Fornside, part of an area known as St John's in the Vale,[1] is a hamlet in the Lake District National Park of Cumbria, England. It is located about 4 miles as the crow flies to the southeast of Keswick, along the B5322 road.

Fornside
Fornside
Fornside Location within Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY319204
Civil parish	St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn
District	Allerdale
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	KESWICK
Postcode district	CA12
Dialling code	017687
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Copeland

The name is believed to be of Scandinavian origin, Forn meaning "old" or "former".[2] The hamlet contains little more than self-catering cottages belonging to Fornside Farm, and 'The Studio', the former house of an artist which was "originally a barn adjoining Fornside House and is about 250 years old".[3][4] There is also an old green Residential Carriage at Fornside, despite there being no nearby railway. The farmer owners Robert and Pam Hall rear Herdwick sheep.[5] On the western side is the Sosgill and Righause woods.

Fornside is mentioned in Hall Caine's novel The Shadow of a Crime and visited by the character of Rotha.[6]

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  Fields of Fornside Pasture
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  Herdwick sheep
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  Post box
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  Residential carriage

References

1. Richards, Mark (2011). The Near Eastern Fells. Cicerone Press Limited. p. 110. ISBN 978-1-84965-338-1.
2. Gillian Fellows Jensen (1985). Scandinavian settlement names in the North-West. C.A. Reitzels Forlag. p. 63. ISBN 978-87-7421-443-4.
3. Fornside Farm
4. English Tourism Council; VisitBritain (2003). Somewhere Special. Aa Publishing. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-7095-7757-7.
5. Prince, Rose (2010). The Savvy Shopper. HarperCollins UK. p. 329. ISBN 978-0-00-737832-6.
6. Caine, Hall (June 2009). The Shadow of a Crime. Wildside Press LLC. p. 98. ISBN 978-1-4344-5540-6.