Whelpo | |
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Whelpo Bridge | |
Whelpo Location within Cumbria | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | WIGTON |
Dialling code | 016974 |
Police | Cumbria |
Fire | Cumbria |
Ambulance | North West |
Whelpo is a hamlet in the civil parish of Caldbeck, in the Cumberland unitary authority area, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England.[1] It is about one mile west of the village of Caldbeck. It can be accessed by the B5299 road. The hamlet contains two listed buildings – Whelpo Head,[2] an 18th-century former farmhouse, and Whelpo Bridge,[3] a stone bridge traversing Whelpo Beck. The other feature in the hamlet is the aforementioned Whelpo Beck, also referred to as Cald Beck, which is a tributary to the River Caldew.[4] The beck has a catchment area of 39.6 km2.[5]
The name "Whelpo" means "hill of the whelps", coming from Old Norse hvelpr.[6]