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Coordinates: 54°13′37″N 2°46′23″W / 54.227°N 2.773°W
Milnthorpe 
Dallham Tower Deer Park
Milnthorpe
Milnthorpe shown within CumbriaPopulation 2,106 (2001 Census) OS grid reference SD496815 District South Lakeland Shire county Cumbria Region North West Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town MILNTHORPE Postcode district LA7 Dialling code 015395 Police Cumbria Fire Cumbria Ambulance North West EU Parliament North West England UK Parliament Westmorland and Lonsdale List of places: UK • England • Cumbria Milnthorpe is a large village within the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. Straddling the A6 road, the town contains several old hostelries and hosts a market in The Square every Friday. The parish of Milnthorpe had a population of 2,106 recorded in the 2001 census.[1]
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History
Historically a part of Westmorland, Milnthorpe is the site of a 19th century parish church dedicated to St Thomas which overlooks The Green and The Square - prior to its construction Milnthorpe was in the parish of Heversham.
Milnthorpe became a centre of business and activity because it was originally a port, using the River Bela and estuary (now only navigable to Storth), and it remains a significant commercial centre for the area.
Local industry includes a 300-year old comb making family business - Duralon Combs. Tourism and hospitality have always thrived (being a convenient stop off point on the A6 for coaches and cars en route to the Lake District -- and just to the north is Levens Hall, famed for its topiary). The village used to be a major traffic bottleneck before the opening of the M6 motorway in 1970, and the A590/A591 Kendal link road a few years later.
The popular children's drink Um Bongo was made here by Libby's in Milnthorpe back in the 1980s.
Community
Each July, the Milnthorpe Men's Forum holds its annual art exhibition in the church. Milnthorpe has two steel bands - one for adults and the other based in the town's junior school.
The Dallam Tower estate, known for its deer, stands near to the River Bela just south west of Milnthorpe, whilst St. Anthony's Tower may be seen on the top of St. Anthony's Hill to the north east of the town centre, overlooking the village and the housing estate of Owlet Ash Fields in nearby Ackenthwaite.
It has one secondary school, called Dallam School
It also has one primary school, called Milnthorpe Primary School.
There are three pubs in the village, The Cross Keys hotel, The Bulls head and the Coach and horses.
Geography
Heversham Lindale, Furness 
Crooklands 
Milnthorpe 
Beetham People
John Taylor third president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1880 to 1887 was born in and lived in Milnthorpe until he emigrated to Canada.
Gallery
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Dallham Tower Deer Park
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Milnthorpe Parish Church
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Cross Keys Hotel
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Bend in the River Bela
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Ceremonial county of Cumbria Cumbria Portal Boroughs or districts City of Carlisle • Borough of Allerdale • Borough of Barrow-in-Furness • Borough of Copeland • District of Eden • District of South LakelandMajor settlements Alston • Ambleside • Appleby-in-Westmorland • Aspatria • Barrow-in-Furness • Bowness-on-Windermere • Brampton • Broughton-in-Furness • Carlisle • Cleator Moor • Cockermouth • Dalton-in-Furness • Egremont • Grange-over-Sands • Harrington • Kendal • Keswick • Kirkby Lonsdale • Kirkby Stephen • Longtown • Maryport • Millom • Penrith • Sedbergh • Silloth • Ulverston • Whitehaven • Wigton • Windermere • Workington
See also: List of civil parishes in CumbriaTopics Demography • Economy • Education • Geography • History • People • Places of interest • Settlements • Sport • Symbols and county emblems • TransportCategories:- Market towns in Cumbria
- Westmorland
- Civil parishes in Cumbria
- Towns in Cumbria
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