Dockray, Eden

Hamlet in England
  • Matterdale
District
  • Eden
Shire county
  • Cumbria
Region
  • North West
CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townPENRITHPostcode districtCA11Dialling code01768PoliceCumbriaFireCumbriaAmbulanceNorth West UK Parliament
  • Penrith and The Border
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria
54°35′10″N 2°56′28″W / 54.586°N 2.941°W / 54.586; -2.941

Dockray (traditionally Dockwray) is a village in the civil parish of Matterdale, in the Eden district, in the county of Cumbria, England.[1] In the 2011 census, the parish had 483 residents,[2] roughly an 8% decrease from 526 residents in 2001.[3] Dockray is located approximately eight miles south west of Penrith, and is accessible off of the A5091 road.

The village is popular among walkers, mostly to Aira Force, and various fells surrounding the village, most notably Gowbarrow Fell. [4] The village has no amenities, aside from the Royal Hotel, a local inn and restaurant.[5]

In the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870, Dockwray was described as "a hamlet on the Aira rivulet, adjacent to Matterdale, in Cumberland. It commands a fine view over Ulles-water."[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dockray (Eden) | Co-Curate". co-curate.ncl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  2. ^ "Custom report - Nomis - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics". www.nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  3. ^ "Custom report - Nomis - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics". www.nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  4. ^ "#GetOutside: do more in the British Outdoors". OS GetOutside. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  5. ^ "Traditional Hotel | Cumbria | Lake District - The Royal at Dockray". www.the-royal-dockray.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  6. ^ Wilson, John M. (John Marius) (1870). The imperial gazetteer of England and Wales : embracing recent changes in counties, dioceses, parishes, and boroughs: general statistics: postal arrangements: railway systems, &c.; and forming a complete description of the country. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Edinburgh : A. Fullarton.


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