Fawcett Forest

{{Short description|Former civil parish in Cumbria, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

| static_image_name = Bluebells, Bannisdale - geograph.org.uk - 441229.jpg

| static_image_caption = Bluebells in Bannisdale

| official_name = Fawcett Forest

| country = England

| region = North West England

| os_grid_reference = NY5401

| coordinates = {{coord|54.405|-2.709|display=inline,title}}

| population = 23

| population_ref = (2001)

| civil_parish = Selside and Fawcett Forest

|unitary_england = Westmorland and Furness

|lieutenancy_england = Cumbria

| constituency_westminster = Westmorland and Lonsdale

| post_town = KENDAL

| postcode_district = LA8

| postcode_area = LA

| dial_code = 01539

| pushpin_map = United Kingdom South Lakeland

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in South Lakeland

}}

Fawcett Forest is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Selside and Fawcett Forest, in the Westmorland and Furness district of the English county of Cumbria. It included the valley of Bannisdale. The parish had a population of 23 in 2001.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110526022228/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790350 Office for National Statistics: Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : South Lakeland] Retrieved 30 March 2011 Owing to the minimal population from the 2011 Census details are included in the civil parish of Whitwell and Selside.

History

Fawcett Forest was a township in the parish of Kendal{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2821|title=History of Fawcett Forest, in South Lakeland and Westmorland|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=22 October 2020}} until 1866 when it became a separate civil parish.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10079767|title=Relationships and changes Fawcett Forest Tn/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=22 October 2020}} On 1 April 2020 the parish was abolished and merged with Whitwell and Selside to form "Selside and Fawcett Forest".{{cite web|url=https://www.southlakeland.gov.uk/media/7063/signed-and-sealed-reorganisation-order-sldc-2020.pdf|title=The South Lakeland District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2020|publisher=South Lakeland District Council|accessdate=22 October 2020}}

See also

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