25-600: Greenodd is a village in Westmorland and Furness , Cumbria , England, 3 miles (4.8 km) north-east of Ulverston . At the northern end of the Furness peninsula, it was historically part of Lancashire . Greenodd sits within the civil parish of Egton with Newland at the junction of the A5092 and A590 . Just outside the southern boundary of the Lake District national park, it
50-555: A Lord Lieutenant of Cumbria and a High Sheriff of Cumbria . Ceremonial counties do not discharge any administrative function. Police services are provided by Cumbria Constabulary and fire services by Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service . These are both overseen by the Cumbria Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner . The West Coast Main Railway Line runs through the district, with stations at Penrith and Oxenholme . Services on
75-523: A majority on the incoming council with 36 out of 65 councillors. Labour have 15 councillors, the Conservatives have 11 councillors, the Green Party have 1 councillor and 2 councillors were elected as independents. Westmorland and Furness, together with neighbouring Cumberland , constitute a ceremonial county named "Cumbria" for the purpose of lieutenancy and shrievalties , being presided over by
100-521: Is no trace of the railway, the station having been demolished to make way for a dual-carriageway road. Greenodd is now also on the W2W Cycle Route between Walney and Wearmouth . Westmorland and Furness Westmorland and Furness is a unitary authority area in Cumbria , England. The economy is mainly focused on tourism around both the Lake District and Cumbria Coast , shipbuilding and
125-562: Is where the River Crake (fed by Coniston Water ) flows into the River Leven (fed by Windermere ), beginning the Leven Estuary. The name Greenodd is of Scandinavian origin, the odd meaning ness (headland) in this case (the name translates literally as 'The Green Promontory'). Swedish toponymist Eilert Ekwall speculated that the name was not an old one, as 'odd' remained part of
150-515: The Cumberland and Westmorland Herald , " The Westmorland Gazette and North West Evening Mail . Borough of Barrow-in-Furness Barrow-in-Furness was a local government district with borough status in Cumbria , England. It was named after its main town, Barrow-in-Furness . Other settlements included Dalton-in-Furness and Askam-in-Furness . It was the smallest district in Cumbria, but
175-400: The 2011 election , but with three years of Conservative control (1976–1979) and ten years of no overall control (most recently from 2006 to 2011). Composition at abolition As of 31 March 2023 The Borough of Barrow-in-Furness comprised thirteen electoral wards , all of which can be seen on the map below. [REDACTED] The following people and military units had received
200-564: The Dalton-in-Furness urban district from the administrative county of Lancashire . Despite being one of England's smallest local authorities it had a coastline of 63 km and has equally diverse built and natural environments. This included 274 Listed buildings and four SSSIs , ranking as the seventh highest concentration of 325 districts on the English Heritage Index as of 2015. Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council sat at
225-690: The Town Hall in Barrow. It was led by a mayor, who was elected by council members. In 2006, the Council was fined £125,000 for violation of health and safety laws that led to the deaths of seven people in the United Kingdom's worst outbreak of Legionnaires' disease . The council also became the UK's first public body to be charged with corporate manslaughter , but was found not guilty . Following boundary changes in 2008,
250-512: The Westmorland and Furness Council acting as a 'shadow authority' until the abolition of the three former districts and Cumbria County Council on 1 April 2023. Elections to Cumbria County Council were due to take place in May 2021; however, they were postponed for one year by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government due to a consultation on local government reorganisation in
275-459: The port in Barrow-in-Furness , and agriculture in the rural parts of the area. The council area formed on 1 April 2023, on the abolition of Cumbria County Council The council covers the areas formerly served by the districts of Barrow-in-Furness , Eden , and South Lakeland , which also ceased to function. It includes all of the area of the historic county of Westmorland as well as
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#1732851521906300-452: The Furness district of historic Lancashire . It also incorporates a very small part of historic Yorkshire , together with about a quarter of the area of (but only 10% of the population of) the historic county of Cumberland . The other part of Cumbria, to the north and west, forms the unitary authority area of Cumberland . The first elections to the new authority took place in May 2022, with
325-458: The Lancashire dialect until at least the early 20th century. In the late-18th and early-19th centuries Greenodd was a significant port; a creek-port of Lancaster . Exports included copper ore from Coniston , locally quarried limestone , and gunpowder from the nearby settlement of Backbarrow . Sugar , raw cotton and coal are listed in historical documents as some of the imports. Greenodd
350-632: The Sands. In addition to those areas, the district includes part of the historic county of Cumberland in the Penrith area and an area centred on Sedbergh , which was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire . Major settlements and civil parishes: Westmorland and Furness Council has 65 councillors, and the first election to the local authority was in May 2022. At that election the Liberal Democrats secured
375-495: The area. In July 2021, the government announced that the current authorities in Cumbria would be abolished and replaced with two unitary authorities, with an east/west split of the county. Opponents of the reorganisation claimed that the proposal was being pursued to benefit the electoral prospects of the Conservative Party . Cumbria County Council, which would be abolished under the plans, sought judicial review to prevent
400-410: The council was composed of 36 seats, elected across 13 wards. From 2011 the council switched from the previous system of elections occurring over a four-year cycle, with a third of seats elected each year and one ' fallow ' year, to one where full council elections occur every four years. From its inception in 1973 until abolition in 2023, the council was often under Labour control, most recently from
425-670: The country, ran along the village's narrow main street, causing traffic problems for the small village. These were alleviated by building a dual carriageway bypass to take the traffic over two new bridges across the River Crake. The south end of Main Street was stopped up, leaving the village effectively a cul-de-sac. Greenodd railway station was served by the Lakeside branch of the Furness Railway from 1869 until its closure in 1965. Today there
450-657: The county of Westmorland and the peninsula of Furness . Westmorland was previously an administrative county until it was abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 and became part of the new county of Cumbria. Furness was part of the administrative county of Lancashire until 1974; together with the Cartmel Peninsula , it formed an exclave of that county, historically part of the Lonsdale Hundred of Lancashire known as North Lonsdale or Lancashire North of
475-758: The district include the M6 motorway , the A6 and the A66 . In terms of television, the area is covered by BBC North West and ITV Granada which both broadcast from Salford and BBC North East and Cumbria broadcasting from Newcastle and ITV Border that broadcast from Gateshead . Radio stations for the area are BBC Radio Cumbria , BBC Radio Lancashire can also be received, Heart North West , Smooth Lake District , Greatest Hits Radio Cumbria & South West Scotland and community based stations: Eden FM Radio , Lake District Radio and Bay Trust Radio. The district's local newspapers are
500-482: The line are provided by Avanti West Coast and TransPennine Express . The Northern Settle–Carlisle line also runs through, with stations at Armathwaite , Lazonby , Langwathby , Appleby , Kirkby Stephen , Garsdale and Dent . Other lines in the district include the Cumbrian Coast (the line terminate at Barrow-in-Furness ), Furness (to Lancaster ) and Lakes (which runs through Kendal ). Roads through
525-504: The most densely populated, with 924 people per square kilometre. The population was 71,980 in 2001, reducing to 69,087 at the 2011 Census. In July 2021 the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government announced that in April 2023, Cumbria would be reorganised into two unitary authorities . On 1 April 2023, Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council was abolished and its functions transferred to
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#1732851521906550-511: The new authority Westmorland and Furness , which also covers the former districts of Eden and South Lakeland . The area covered by the district was at the edge of the Furness peninsula. It jolted into the Irish Sea , being north of Morecambe Bay and south of the Duddon Estuary . The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the former county borough of Barrow-in-Furness and
575-513: The reorganisation from taking place. The judicial review was refused by the High Court in January 2022. Draft statutory instruments to bring about local government reorganisation in Cumbria were subsequently laid before parliament. The Cumbria (Structural Changes) Order 2022 (2022 No. 331) was made on 17 March 2022, and came into force the following day. The name of the unitary authority derives from
600-500: The rising losses and fewer number of people using them as the primary reasons. The inhabitants of Greenodd protested at the move, and even gained the support of the MP from the neighbouring constituency of Westmorland and Lonsdale , Tim Farron . Farron put his name to a petition which gained 6,800 signatures, but it was to no avail. Until the 1980s, the A590, connecting Furness to much of the rest of
625-582: Was also a shipbuilding centre with vessels up to 200 tons being constructed. On the darker side it is likely that Greenodd was involved in the North American slave trade . Today there are no signs of the former commercial activities. The Ship Inn , previously a warehouse on the quayside, is one of the few reminders of Greenodd's illustrious past. In 2008, Greenodd was involved in a battle to save its post office . The government announced in late 2006 that it would shutting 2,500 post offices nationwide, citing
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