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Arlecdon and Frizington is a civil parish in the Borough of Copeland in Cumbria, England. The parish had a population of 3,678 in the 2001 census,[2] decreasing to 3,607 at the 2011 census.[1]

Arlecdon and Frizington
St Paul's Church, Frizington
Arlecdon and Frizington Location in Copeland Borough Show map of the Borough of Copeland Arlecdon and Frizington Location within Cumbria Show map of Cumbria
Population	3,607 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	NY0316
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
UK Parliament	Copeland
List of places UK England Cumbria 54.556°N 3.471°W / 54.556; -3.471

The parish includes Arlecdon, Frizington, Rowrah and Asby. It constituted an urban district from 1894.

In 1919 John Adams led a successful election challenge to the sitting members of Arlecdon and Frizington District Council. This established the first all-Labour council to be elected in England. Adams held the office of Chairman of the Arlecdon and Frizington Urban District Council from 1919 to 1923.^{[citation needed]}

In 1934, it became part of Ennerdale Rural District, which was later subsumed in 1974 into Copeland Borough Council.

Governance

Arlecdon and Frizington is within the Copeland UK Parliamentary constituency. Trudy Harrison is the Member of parliament.

Before Brexit, it was in the North West England European Parliamentary Constituency.

The Parish Council is named Arlecdon & Frizington Parish Council.

The parish falls in the electoral ward of Arlecdon. This ward stretches south to Weddicar and has a total population taken at the 2011 census of 1,500.[3]

See also

• Listed buildings in Arlecdon and Frizington
• John Adams, 1st Baron Adams

References

External links

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

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