Clearly presented information on all uk primary, secondary and independent schools. Egremont is a market town and civil parish in the borough of copeland in cumbria, england, 5 miles 8. Clegheads is a cluster group of local schools in the cleator moor and egremont footprint. In 22, robert bruce attacked the town, causing a huge death toll. About us cocurate is a project which brings together online collections, museums, universities, schools and community groups to make and remake stories and images from north east england and cumbria. Bookwell primary school is situated in egremont, cumbria. Sons and daughters of egremont, cumbria who laid down their lives in world war two. It is a picturesque town, sitting at the foot of dent fell and the edge of the uldale valley. These figures for country of birth for the residents of egremont are from the uk census of 2011. Cumbria archive service catalogues and guides schools.
Due to the frequency with which inspection bodies, such as ofsted, provide us with updates, there could be a delay of up to 8 weeks between a rating being updated and it being displayed on rightmove. Egremont is a traditional market town in the centre of the western lake district. They are accountable to the local area system leaders lasl. Home page serving the whole community safety, learning and respect our three values. We have also been creating land use maps of egremont using aerial photos to show where you find houses, shops and open spaces. Bookwell primary school, egremont the national archives. Bookwell primary school, egremont egremont, cumberland. The town, which lies at the foot of uldale valley and dent fell, was historically within cumberland and has a long industrial heritage including dyeing, weaving and iron ore mining. We use cookies to track usage and improve the website. Cumbria archive and local studies centre, whitehaven the. Egremonts bookwell school ranked high in national table. Egremont, the name of this small market town is a name derived from the latin meaning egre river ehen mont small hill or small hill next to the river ehen. The original castle was built on a mound above the river ehen on the site of a danish fort following the conquest of cumberland in 1092 by william ii of england. In 1750 the castle passed to the lords egremont and.
Egremont is a market town in the county of cumbria, england, on the a595 road south of whitehaven and on the river ehen. Egremont, cumbria history, visiting information, and. Egremont is an attractive market town on the river ehen, 5 miles south of whitehaven in the west of cumbria. Egremont cemetery, egremont, cumbria, england, united. Each of the local schools provides regular newsletters for parents and carers. Woodend, ulpha, cumbria woodend is a village near egremont, cumbria, england. The danes first established a fort on the site of egremont castle around the end of the first millennium ad. As norman nicholson says lifted above the town like the ark in the wilderness. Bookwell primary school, in egremont, was placed 18th out of 250 top performing state primary schools in the 2020 edition of parent power, the sunday times schools guide, which is now in its 27th edition. Egremont, cumbria ilivehere britains worst places to live. Bookwell primary school mural, egremont, cumbria, uk. In about 0, the town was established much as it is seen today, surrounded by agricultural lands. Records images cemetery page showing maps, records, and images of headstones in the egremont cemetery, egremont, cumbria, england, united kingdom billiongraves cemetery and images.
It was a fun day and the children enjoyed learning a new sport. Bookwell primary school cumbria egremont school holidays, half term dates and term dates listed in a table in date order. The castle was begun in the early c12 by william le meschin. The present castle was built by william meschin, who founded the castle between 1120 and 15. Located on the outskirts of egremont, and to the end of the lane, this property enjoys an attractive outlook over the cumbrian countryside.
Trudy harrison, the member of parliament mp for copeland since winning the seat at the february 2017 byelection is a former pupil wyndham school houses in the beginning wyndham secondary modern had 4 houses scott, grenfell, mallory and livingstone named after explorers. The school has 11 teachers with each teacher on average earning the fulltime equivalent of. Egremont on vision of britain images and maps from portsmouth university on old cumbria gazetteer images of egremont historical buildings in this township ancient monuments introduction in this township. Cumbria archive and local studies centre, whitehaven browse repositories. Bookwell primary school, egremont this page summarises records created by this organisation the summary includes a brief description of the collections usually including the covering dates of the collection, the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection. Thornhill primary school is proud to be part of the west lakes multiacademy trust. Egremont schools is a private elementary school located in chatsworth, ca and enrolls 122 students in grades kindergarten through 8th. Property for sale in bookwell, egremont, cumbria rightmove. At totally family, we are committed to make finding your next family holiday so much easier, below are all the school holidays for the egremont area of cumbria, simply click on your schools name to view more information and their term holidays.
Egremont is a market town, civil parish and two electoral wards north and south in the borough of copeland in cumbria, england, 5 miles 8. It changed hands no less than six times in the next two hundred years. Although a number of schools were founded as early as the 16th century, most were founded after the middle of the 19th century, including the national church of england and british nonconformist schools. If you are already a bransty pupil or parent this will provide you with regularly updated information about what is happening in school. The headteacher of bookwell school is christopher ashcroft. Voices of cumbria millennium oral history project cumbria. This mixedsex primary school has 208 pupils, with a capacity of 210, aged from four up to eleven, and the type of establishment is community school. It eventually fell into disuse and became the ruin it is today. There are 7 classes, which means that there is 1 class for each year group of children, between 4 and 11 years of age.
Bookwell primary school cumbria school information. Bookwell primary school is located in egremont and falls under the local authority of cumbria. The town lies at the base of dent fell, in the uldale valley. Demolition on wyndham has begun this page is for all wyndham pupils to pay there respects to the school. Egremont cemetery, egremont, cumbria, england, united kingdom. Link to school, link to ofsted, bookwell egremont cumbria ca22 2lt. Bookwell primary school bookwell, egremont cumbria ca22 2lt. It has a wide main street, overlooked by the remains of a norman castle.
Within easy reach is the town centre and local schools including bookwell primary school and west lakes academy. The mellow ruins of egremont castle stand high above the town on a natural hill that is steeply scarped and improved by art. There are 7 classes, which means that there is 1 class for each year group of children, between 4 and 11 years. Bookwell primary school school holidays, dates and calendar. Get the billiongraves app now and help collect images for this cemetery. Egremont is a small market town, which has held a market charter since 1267. Egremont has a long heritage as a centre for weaving, fulling, and dyeing cloth. Property details for 14 bookwell egremont ca22 2ls zoopla. Egremont castle was seat of barony of copeland or egremont, granted to william le meschin early 12th century.
It formerly had a station on the whitehaven, cleator and egremont railway but the station closed in 1947 wikipedia. Since egremont has a higher level of residents born in the uk than the national average and a lower rate of residents either born in other eu countries or outside the eu, it does not have a significant immigrant. Egremont parish schools westlakes academy secondary school 1118yr olds uk tel. The norman control of cumbria did not come until some time after the famous year 1066. Historically in cumberland, the town, which lies at the foot of uldale valley and dent fell, has a long industrial heritage including dyeing, weaving and iron ore mining. Rip wyndham school 19642012, egremont, united kingdom. Lowes court gallery and tourist information centre holding exhibitions of cumbrian artists and local crafts. Wyndham school, egremont was a secondary school in cumbria. Historic aerial photographs of egremont the history of egremont and the castle short note of the history of the town band. The town, at the foot of uldale valley and dent fell, was historically in the county of cumberland and has a long industrial heritage including dying, weaving and iron ore mining. These voluntary schools were supplemented by ratesupported schools administered by school boards set up under the education act 1870.
A state school for boys and girls aged from 4 to 11. On monday 2nd july a team of bowlers headed to egremont bowls club to firstly learn the sport before competing in a competition. The gingerbread man has been busy out and about in egremont exploring the many human and physical features it has. Property for sale in bookwell, egremont, cumbria, ca22. With an average ks2 score of 104 grading, the school scores highly, and is above most other schools. Bookwell primary school, egremont the good schools guide. Historically in cumberland, the town, which lies at the foot of uldale valley and dent fell, has a long industrial heritage. The school has a capacity for 218 children, with 3 key stage 1 infant. Bookwell primary school cumbrias family information. Egremont castle was in the town of egremont, cumbria.
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