Tallentire
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Tallentire is a village in West
West
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 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...

 about 4 km north of Cockermouth
Cockermouth
-History:The Romans created a fort at Derventio, now the adjoining village of Papcastle, to protect the river crossing, which had become located on a major route for troops heading towards Hadrian's Wall....

. It is also a reasonably uncommon English
England
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 surname
Surname
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Tallentire means "land (or world)'s end" in old Cumbrian
Cumbric language
Cumbric was a variety of the Celtic British language spoken during the Early Middle Ages in the Hen Ogledd or "Old North", or what is now northern England and southern Lowland Scotland, the area anciently known as Cumbria. It was closely related to Old Welsh and the other Brythonic languages...

 though the Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names describes the name as Cornish. Category:Villages in Cumbria

The nearby Cockermouth Castle is only one of the many historic places in the vicinity of Tallentire. Other historical places of interest include Wordsworth House , Isel Hall and Hayton Castle.
9.11 miles away is Maryport Golf Club, Tallentire's closet golf course.
If you're flying to Tallentire the nearest airport is Carlisle Lake District Airport being 58.84 miles away, Walney Island is 82.8 miles away and Barrow/Walney Island Airport is 83.09 miles away.
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