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Calder Bridge (also Calderbridge) is a small village in Cumbria in England. It is located between the hamlets of Gosforth and Beckermet and lies on the River Calder.[1]

Calder Bridge

Main road through Calder Bridge
Calder Bridge
Location in Copeland Borough
Calder Bridge
Location within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY0406
Civil parish
District
  • Copeland
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSEASCALE
Postcode districtCA20
Dialling code01946
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
  • Copeland
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria
54°26′25.5″N 3°28′45″W

It is around 1 mile northeast from the Sellafield nuclear plantCalder Hall Nuclear Power Station was the world's first major nuclear power station when it opened in 1956.[2] The village contains the Grade II listed St Bridget's Church, the Grade II listed Pelham House (formerly Ponsonby Hall) and the Stanley Arms inn.


Landmarks


The Stanley Arms, Calder Bridge
The Stanley Arms, Calder Bridge

The current St Bridget's Church, Calder Bridge was built in 1842.[3] The church, listed as a Grade II listed building in 1989, is constructed in local red sandstone ashlar with a slate roof. The Pre-Raphaelite stained glass, made by Powell's date to 1879 and were designed by H. E. Wooldridge and H. J. Burrow.[4]

Calder Abbey, which lies by the River Calder just northeast of Calder Bridge, was founded by Ranulph de Meschiens in 1134 for Cistercians who moved from Furness Abbey.[5] It is a picturesque ruin adjoining Calder Abbey House, a largely 19th-century house which incorporates some remains of the abbey.[6]

On the south side of Calder Bridge lies the Grade II listed Pelham House (named after Herbert Pelham, 3rd bishop of Barrow-in-Furness) but formerly known as Ponsonby Hall. It was built in 1774 and was designed by James Paine for Edward Stanley. This is currently used as offices for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), and before this was used as a School for Boys.[6] There is woodland in the vicinity, known historically as the woods of Ponsonby.[7]

The Stanley Arms is a 13-room inn in the village.[8] The village was also home to the Golden Fleece inn.[9]


See also



References


  1. Google (24 September 2022). "Calder Bridge" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  2. "Calder Hall Power Station". The Engineer. 5 October 1956. Retrieved 27 October 2013. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2010) [1967], Cumbria, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 217, ISBN 978-0-300-12663-1
  4. Historic England, "Church of St Bridget, Calder Bridge, Beckermet (1086589)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 September 2022
  5. Phillips, John (1872). Black's Picturesque Guide to the English Lakes. Adam and Charles Black. p. 211.
  6. Visit Cumbria. "Calder Bridge". Visit Cumbria. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  7. Henry Crabb Robinson, Thomas Sadler (1869). Diary, Reminiscences, and Correspondence of Henry Crabb Robinson. Macmillan and Company. p. 344.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  8. "Stanley Arms Hotel". Cumbriahotelsweb.com. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  9. John Phillips, Adam and Charles Black (1861). Black's Picturesque Guide to the English Lakes. p. 211.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)



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