Oulton, Cumbria

Human settlement in England
  • Woodside
District
  • Allerdale
Shire county
  • Cumbria
Region
  • North West
CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townWIGTONPostcode districtCA7Dialling code016973PoliceCumbriaFireCumbriaAmbulanceNorth West UK Parliament
  • Workington
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria
54°50′46″N 3°10′30″W / 54.846°N 3.175°W / 54.846; -3.175

Oulton is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Woodside, near the small town of Wigton, in the Allerdale district of the county of Cumbria, England. In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 271.[1] Oulton was formerly a township in Wigton parish,[2] from 1866 Oulton was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1934 and merged into Woodside.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Population Statistics Oulton Tn/CP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  2. ^ "History of Oulton, in Allerdale and Cumberland". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Relationships and changes Oulton Tn/CP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 15 September 2019.

External links

  • Cumbria County History Trust: Oulton (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
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