Stainmore

Stainmore
Mousegill, with Great Knipe behind
Stainmore is located in the former Eden District
Stainmore
Stainmore
Location in Eden, Cumbria
Stainmore is located in Cumbria
Stainmore
Stainmore
Location within Cumbria
Population264 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceNY8314
Civil parish
  • Stainmore
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKIRKBY STEPHEN
Postcode districtCA17
Dialling code01768
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria
54°31′40″N 2°15′35″W / 54.527879°N 2.259772°W / 54.527879; -2.259772

Stainmore is a remote geographic area in the Pennines on the border of Cumbria, County Durham and North Yorkshire.[2][3] The name is used for a civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England, including the villages of North Stainmore and South Stainmore. The parish had a population of 253 in the 2001 census,[4] increasing to 264 at the Census 2011.[1] Stainmore Forest stretches further east into County Durham, towards Bowes.[5]

  1. ^ a b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Stainmore Parish (E04002574)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Local History: Stainmore (County Durham)". County Councils of Northumberland and Durham. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  3. ^ Pearsall, W.H. (1941). "The "Mosses" of the Stainmore district". Journal of Ecology. 29 (1): 161. doi:10.2307/2256224. JSTOR 2256224.
  4. ^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Stainmore Parish (16UF065)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Kelly's Directory of Westmorland". 1906. Retrieved 2 July 2015.

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