Arlecdon

Arlecdon
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Arlecdon  Arlecdon shown within Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY0419
Civil parish	Arlecdon and Frizington
District	Copeland
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	FRIZINGTON
Postcode district	CA26
Dialling code	01946
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Copeland
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Arlecdon is a village in the Borough of Copeland in Cumbria, England, near the town of Whitehaven.

Church

It has an historic Grade II listed church, first built in 1829, which contains a stained glass window dedicated to Isaac Fletcher of Frizington. In 1904 the church was remodelled, with the addition of a bell tower and eight bells cast by John Taylor & Son of Loughborough. In 2014 it was announced that the church is to close, and the bells hopefully re-used in another church.

Village

The village also has a 19th-century primary school and an old Sunday school.

Arlecdon church and war memorial

Etymology

'Arlecdon' is " OE 'earn-lāce denu', eagle-stream valley'." ('OE' is Old English).

Notable people

• John Adams, 1st Baron Adams OBE, JP, MA (12 October 1890 – 23 August 1960). British politician and public servant. The son of Thomas Adams and Mary Bowness, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Adams on 16 February 1949, the first Cumberland-born man to be so honoured since 1797. He is buried by the foot of the church tower.
• Billy Adams, professional footballer.

Surnames

Most common surnames in Arlecdon at the time of the United Kingdom Census of 1881, by order of incidence:

• 1. Burns
• 2. Wilson
• 3. Thompson
• 4. Jackson
• 5. Graham
• 6. Smith
• 7. Richardson
• 8. Stewart
• 8. Hodgson
• 10. Martin

External links

• Cumbria County History Trust: Arlecdon (nb: provisional research only - see Talk page)