Skirwith
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Skirwith is a village in the English
county of Cumbria
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Skirwith is seven miles from Penrith
in a generally north-easterly direction, on a minor road about a mile from Blencarn
. Just to the south are remains of a priory, now incorporated in farm buildings.
Notable residents of Skirwith include the Franciscan John Bradburne
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England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
county of Cumbria
Cumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
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Skirwith is seven miles from Penrith
Penrith, Cumbria
Penrith was an urban district between 1894 and 1974, when it was merged into Eden District.The authority's area was coterminous with the civil parish of Penrith although when the council was abolished Penrith became an unparished area....
in a generally north-easterly direction, on a minor road about a mile from Blencarn
Blencarn
Blencarn is a village in Cumbria, England.Blencarn is situated beneath the Pennines in the Eden area of Cumbria.In Blencarn there is fly fishing at the Blencarn lake and it is the home of the notable painter and printmaker Alan Stones.-External links:...
. Just to the south are remains of a priory, now incorporated in farm buildings.
Notable residents of Skirwith include the Franciscan John Bradburne
John Bradburne
John Randal Bradburne MC was a lay member of the Order of St Francis, a poet, warden of the Mutemwa leper colony at Mutoko. He was killed by guerrillas and is a candidate for canonization.-Background:Bradburne's father was an Anglican clergyman and he had two brothers and two sisters...
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