Mealrigg is a small settlement in the civil parish of Westnewton, close to the boundary with the civil parish of Holme St. Cuthbert in Cumbria, United Kingdom.[1]
| Mealrigg | |
|---|---|
 B5301 road junction at Mealrigg | |
| OS grid reference | NY129457 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WIGTON |
| Postcode district | CA7 |
| Dialling code | 016973 |
| Police | Cumbria |
| Fire | Cumbria |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
Mealrigg is situated one mile north-west of Westnewton, a quarter-of-a-mile east of New Cowper, and half-a-mile south of Aikshaw. Other nearby settlements include Jericho, Tarns, and Langrigg.
Historically, Mealrigg formed part of the township of Langrigg and Mealrigg.
Etymology
editThe name Mealrigg comes from the Old English middle-hrycg, meaning a middle ridge. There are several recorded variant spellings, including Midelrig, Meldrige, Milrig, and Meldrigg.[2]
Governance
editMealrigg is part of the parliamentary constituency of Workington. In the December 2019 general election, the Tory candidate for Workington, Mark Jenkinson, was elected the MP, overturning a 9.4 per cent Labour majority from the 2017 election to eject shadow environment secretary Sue Hayman by a margin of 4,136 votes.[3] Until the December 2019 general election The Labour Party has won the seat in the constituency in every general election since 1979.The Conservative Party has only been elected once in Workington since World War II, at the 1976 by-election.[4]
Before Brexit, it was in the North West England European Parliamentary Constituency.
References
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- ^ "Google Maps - Mealrigg". Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ^ Holme St. Cuthbert History Group (2004). Plain People: Bygone Times on the Solway Plain. ISBN 0954882318.
- ^ "Workington parliamentary constituency – Election 2019".
- ^ "A vision of Britain website – general elections section". Retrieved 27 April 2012.
External links
edit- Cumbria County History Trust: Langrigg and Mealrigg (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
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