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Cartmel Fell
St. Anthony's Church
Cartmel FellLocation within Cumbria
Population	329 (2011)
OS grid reference	SD4188
Civil parish	Cartmel Fell
District	South Lakeland
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GRANGE-OVER-SANDS
Postcode district	LA11
Post town	WINDERMERE
Postcode district	LA23
Dialling code	01539
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Westmorland and Lonsdale
List of places UK England Cumbria 54°16′59″N 2°53′46″W / 54.283°N 2.896°W / 54.283; -2.896

Cartmel Fell is a hamlet and a civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 309, increasing at the 2011 census to 329. The village of Cartmel and Cartmel Priory are not in this parish but in Lower Allithwaite, to the south: Cartmel Fell church is about 7 miles (11 km) north of Cartmel Priory.

The neighbouring civil parishes are Windermere parish to the north west, where the boundary includes some of the shore line of the lake, Windermere; Crook to the north east; Crosthwaite and Lyth to the east; Witherslack to the south east; Lindale and Newton-in-Cartmel to the south; and Staveley-in-Cartmel to the south west.

St. Anthony's Church was built as a chapel of ease for Cartmel Priory in about 1504, and has changed little since. It contains some 17th-century box pews and a rare three-decker pulpit of 1698 as well as stained glass which may have come from Cartmel Priory.

There was a school next to St Anthony's Church that opened in 1871 and closed in 1971. The building is now the parish hall.

There are 34 listed buildings in the parish. The church and two 1890s houses by C.F.A. Voysey (Broadleys and Moor Crag) are Grade I listed; Hodge Hill is Grade II* and the remaining houses, barns, bridge etc. are Grade II.

A mile (1.6 km) to the north-east, the Grade II* listed Cowmire Hall (in the parish of Crosthwaite and Lyth) incorporates a 16th-century pele tower, whilst the main block of the house dates from the 17th century. Also of note is Chapel House, Ravensbarrow Lodge, and Danes Court Cottage.

Cartmel Fell is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland. Wainwright names as Cartmel Fell the "elevated tangle of bracken and coppice forming 's western flanks", and describes a walk from the church to the summit Raven's Barrow at 500 feet (150 m), which he calls "a lovely belvedere for viewing a lovely valley". He says that the cairn is locally known as Ravensbarrow or Rainsbarrow Old Man. To the northwest is Heights Tarn, a small lake on private land.

See also

• Listed buildings in Cartmel Fell

References

1. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Cartmel Fell Parish (E04002593)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
2. UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Cartmel Fell Parish (16UG010)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
3. St. Anthony's Church, Cartmel Fell at British Listed Buildings Online
4. "St. Anthony's, Cartmel Fell". Two Valleys Churches. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
5. "NOSTALGIA: Fell school that saved pupils eight mile walk". The Westmorland Gazette. 28 October 2009.
6. "Cartmel Fell Parish Hall". Action with communities in Cumbria. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
7. Historic England. "Church of St Anthony (1224955)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
8. Historic England. "Broadleys (1224995)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
9. Historic England. "Moor Crag (1224960)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
10. Historic England. "Hodge Hill (1289621)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
11. "Advanced search". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 10 August 2016. Enter parish name to search
12. Cowmire Hall at Pastscape Archived October 3, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
13. Historic England. "Cowmire Hall and wall ... with gate piers (1087118)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
14. Wainwright, A. (1974). "Cartmel Fell". The Outlying Fells of Lakeland. Kendal: Westmorland Gazette. pp. 42–43.

External links

• Cumbria County History Trust: Cartmel Fell (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)

• Fells of the Lake District
• Mountains and hills of Cumbria
• Villages in Cumbria
• Civil parishes in Cumbria