Yanwath and Eamont Bridge

{{Short description|Civil parish in Cumbria, England}}

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

{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

| static_image_name = Beehive Inn, Eamont Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 803404.jpg

| static_image_caption = Beehive Inn, Eamont Bridge

| official_name = Yanwath and Eamont Bridge

| country = England

| region = North West England

| os_grid_reference = NY5228

| coordinates = {{coord|54.642|-2.741|display=inline,title}}

| post_town = PENRITH

| population = 535

| population_ref = (2011)

| postcode_area = CA

| postcode_district = CA10

| dial_code = 01768

| constituency_westminster = Westmorland and Lonsdale

| civil_parish = Yanwath and
Eamont Bridge

|unitary_england= Westmorland and Furness

|lieutenancy_england= Cumbria

}}

Yanwath and Eamont Bridge is a civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, consisting of the small village of Yanwath and most of the neighbouring village of Eamont Bridge. In the 2001 census it had a population of 457,{{NOMIS2001|id=16UF074|title=Yanwath and Eamont Bridge Parish|access-date=21 April 2021}} increasing to 535 at the 2011 Census.{{NOMIS2011|id=E04002583|title=Yanwath and Eamont Bridge Parish|access-date=21 April 2021}}

File:Yanwath Hall from Pokey Dub - geograph.org.uk - 936539.jpg

The parish was created in 1866 and was formerly a township of Barton. The boundaries are now partially marked by the Rivers Eamont and Lowther. The parish council meets at the village hall in Eamont Bridge.

Half a mile north-west of Yanwath, Yanwath Hall is a fortified tower and hall house built in the early to mid 15th century, with 16th and 17th century alterations.{{cite web |title=Yanwath Hall |url=http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=12032 |publisher=Pastscape |access-date=15 June 2011}}

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Governance

The civil parish falls in the electoral ward of Eamont. This ward stretches west to Sockbridge and Tirril with a total population of 1,447.{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/eamont-e05003212#sthash.yGWCTV5g.dpbs|title=Eamont ward population 2011|access-date=20 June 2015}}

See also

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