en Stonethwaite

Stonethwaite
Stonethwaite
	Stonethwaite's main street
	Stonethwaite Location in Allerdale, Cumbria Stonethwaite Location within Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY2613
Civil parish	Borrowdale;
Unitary authority	Cumberland;
Ceremonial county	Cumbria;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	KESWICK
Postcode district	CA12
Dialling code	017687
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Copeland;
	List of places UK England Cumbria 54°30′25″N 3°08′40″W / 54.50689°N 3.14435°W

Stonethwaite is a small village in the Lake District in the English county of Cumbria, historically part of Cumberland, it is situated in the valley of the Stonethwaite Beck, a side valley of Borrowdale, and within the Lake District National Park. It is on the Cumbria Way long-distance footpath.

History

The farm at Stonethwaite was once owned by the monks at Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire from 1195 as part of lands they owned in the Borrowdale valley. The monks of Furness complained to King Edward II that they objected to the terms of the ownership of what was now a thriving dairy business. The king did not adjudicate but merely sequestrated the farm and then sold it back to Fountains Abbey in 1304 for two pounds.^[1]