Tallentire

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

Tallentire
Former chapel, Tallentire
Tallentire Location within Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY108352
Civil parish	Bridekirk
District	Allerdale
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	COCKERMOUTH
Postcode district	CA13
Dialling code	01900
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Workington

The village has a public house the Bush Inn.

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]

Tallentire Hall

Tallentire Hall is a lovely old manor house with a crenelated tower that dates back to the 13th century. The south wing, adjacent to the tower is Elizabethan while the majority is early Victorian. The Hall is not open to the public apart from occasional charity fundraising events. There are a number of other interesting properties including an old school house and chapel near the Hall gates.

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 2, at the 1976 Workington by-election.[3]

For Local Government purposes it's 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.

For Parish Council purposes Tallentire belongs to Bridekirk Parish Council, along with the villages of Dovenby and Bridekirk.[5]

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.
5. "Bridekirk Parish Council".

External links

Media related to Tallentire at Wikimedia Commons