Whitwell and Selside

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| official_name= Whitwell and Selside

| civil_parish = Selside and Fawcett Forest

| country= England

| region= North West England

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| unitary_england= Westmorland and Furness

| lieutenancy_england= Cumbria

| hide_services= Yes

| population =198

| population_ref = (2001 census)

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|static_image=Selside Memorial Hall - geograph.org.uk - 227207.jpg

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Whitwell and Selside is a former civil parish, now part of the parish of Selside and Fawcett Forest, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. It did not have a parish council but a parish meeting.{{cite web|title=Whitwell & Selside Parish Meeting|url=http://councilportal.cumbria.gov.uk/mgParishCouncilDetails.aspx?ID=385&LS=1|publisher=South Lakeland District Council|accessdate= 6 March 2016}} The neighbouring parishes were Whinfell to the east, Skelsmergh and Strickland Roger to the south west, Kentmere and Longsleddale to the west and Shap Rural to the north. The main settlement was the village of Selside.

In 2001 the parish had a population of 198. At the 2011 census Whitwell and Selside was grouped with both Fawcett Forest and Longsleddale giving a total population of 296.{{NOMIS2011|id=E04002660|title=Whitwell and Selside Parish|access-date=30 April 2021}}

There were 14 listed buildings or structures in the parish, including the grade II*, 14th-century, Selside Hall.{{cite web|title=Advanced search|url=https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/advanced-search|website=National Heritage List for England|publisher=Historic England|accessdate=6 March 2016}} Enter parish name to search{{National Heritage List for England|num=1311671 | desc=Selside Hall and attached outbuilding|accessdate=6 March 2016}}

Whitwell and Selside was a township until 1866 when it became a separate civil parish.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10080368|title=Relationships and changes Whitwell and Selside CP/Tn/Ch through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=22 October 2020}} On 1 April 2020 the parish was abolished and merged with Fawcett Forest 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}}