Ulpha

{{For|the civil parish in Westmorland and Furness|Meathop and Ulpha}}

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

{{Use British English|date=September 2019}}

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in Cumbria, England}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| static_image_name = St Johns Church Ulpha - geograph.org.uk - 84193.jpg

| static_image_caption = St. Johns Church, Ulpha

| coordinates = {{coord|54.331|-3.233|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Ulpha

| type = Village and parish

| population = 128

| population_ref = (2011)

| civil_parish = Ulpha

| unitary_england = Cumberland

| lieutenancy_england = Cumbria

| region = North West England

| constituency_westminster = Barrow and Furness

| post_town = BROUGHTON-IN-FURNESS

| postcode_district = LA20

| postcode_area = LA

| dial_code = 01229

| os_grid_reference = SD198935

| pushpin_map = United Kingdom Copeland

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the former Copeland Borough

}}

Ulpha is a small village and civil parish in the Duddon Valley in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it forms part of the Cumberland unitary authority area. At Ulpha a road leaves the Duddon Valley to cross Birker Fell to the valley of Eskdale. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 159,{{NOMIS2001|id=16UE026|title=Ulpha Parish|access-date=24 April 2021}} reducing at the 2011 Census to 128.{{NOMIS2011|id=E04002506|title=Ulpha Parish|access-date=24 April 2021}}

The name Ulpha is believed to have originated with the meaning of 'hill frequented by wolves'. The name was derived from the Old Norse words ulfr meaning wolves and haugr meaning hill.[http://www.encyclopedia.com A Dictionary of British Place-Names (A. D. Mills. Oxford University Press. 2003)]