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Welcome to Kirkbampton Parish Council

Kirkbampton is a small parish situated in the far North West of Cumbria in North West England.

The area encompasses the villages of Kirkbampton, Little Bampton, Oughterby, Studholm and Ploughlands, as well as having close links with Thurstonfield which is in the adjoining Parish of Burgh by Sands. Kirkbampton Parish is officially under Allerdale District Council control but it is over 60km to Workington (the administrative centre) and the astern Boundary of the Parish  is also the boundary between Allerdale and Carlisle City. In this respect, socially, the village has more of an affinity to Carlisle than it has to Allerdale. The largest of the villages is Kirkbampton itself and is laid out in a linear form along the B5307 being the main route between Carlisle and Kirkbride and onwards to Wigton and West Cumbria. There are two small modern estates of Oaks Lane and Solway View off this linear route. Kirkbampton School (Infants and Primary) lies on the Eastern boundary of the village alongside the new Village Hall built in 2001 with a National Lottery grant.

A Brief History

The first meeting  of the Council was on 4th December 1894. The following were elected:

Amos Bulman - Studholme,

David Wills - Little Bampton,

Jonathan Holliday - Kirkbampton,

John James - Little Bampton,

George Liddle - Holly Bush,

John Stewart-Kirkbampton,

Thomas Stobbart-Kirkbampton,

John Thompson-Little Bampton.

The community used to vote at Aitkon but in July 1895 a Polling Station in Kirkbampton was requested.

There was no business done in June & November 1898 due to lack of attendance.

At many early meetings the only business was reading of the Minutes of the previous meeting.

In March 1932 problems with gypsies were noted in the Minutes and the County Council was requested to fence in the area.

February 1938, Disaster, the accounts were overdrawn by £1 6s 8d (Roughly £1.33p)

For many years elections appear to have been held every year and the nomination papers were just given to the Chairman who checked them to see if they were all in order. Only 1 election has been held in the 112 year history of the Council and that was in 1997.

The Parish Council used to nominate the District Councillor