Hamlet and civil parish in Cumbria, England
Human settlement in England
Cartmel Fell is a hamlet and a civil parish in Westmorland and Furness , Cumbria , England. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 309,[ 2] 2011 census to 329.[ 1] Cartmel and its church, Cartmel Priory , are not in this parish but in Lower Allithwaite to the south. Cartmel Fell church is about 7 miles (11 km) north of Cartmel Priory.
The neighbouring civil parishes are Windermere parish to the north west, where the boundary includes some of the shore line of Windermere ; Crook to the north east; Crosthwaite and Lyth to the east; Witherslack to the south east; Lindale and Newton-in-Cartmel to the south; and Staveley-in-Cartmel to the south west.
St. Anthony's Church was built as a chapel of ease for Cartmel Priory in about 1504, and has changed little since. It contains some 17th-century box pews and a rare three-decker pulpit of 1698 as well as stained glass which may have come from Cartmel Priory.[ 3] [ 4]
There was a school next to St Anthony's Church that opened in 1871 and closed in 1971.[ 5] [ 6]
Grade I listed Broadleys by Voysey, 1898 There are 34 listed buildings in the parish. The church[ 7] C.F.A. Voysey (Broadleys [ 8] Moor Crag [ 9] [ 10] [ 11]
One mile (1.6 km) to the north-east, the Grade II* listed Cowmire Hall (in the parish of Crosthwaite and Lyth ) incorporates a 16th-century pele tower , whilst the main block of the house dates from the 17th century.[ 12] [ 13] Danes Court Cottage .[ citation needed ]
Cartmel Fell is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland Raven's Barrow at 500 feet (150 m) , which he calls "a lovely belvedere for viewing a lovely valley". He says that the cairn is locally known as Ravensbarrow or Rainsbarrow Old Man.[ 14] Heights Tarn , a small lake on private land.
