Hesket Newmarket

Hesket Newmarket
Hesket Newmarket
	Hesket Newmarket village green
	Hesket Newmarket Location in Allerdale, Cumbria Hesket Newmarket Location within Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY338386
Civil parish	Caldbeck;
Unitary authority	Cumberland;
Ceremonial county	Cumbria;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WIGTON
Postcode district	CA7
Dialling code	016974
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Penrith and Solway;
	List of places UK England Cumbria 54°44′17″N 3°01′37″W / 54.738°N 3.027°W

Hesket Newmarket is a small village in Cumbria, England, historically within Cumberland. It is on the opposite side of Skiddaw to Keswick within the Lake District National Park.

Hesket Newmarket is closely associated with neighbouring village Caldbeck, which is 1.5 mi (2 km) to the west. The nearest town is Wigton, 9.2 mi (15 km) north west of the village, Carlisle is 13.9 mi (22 km) to the north, Cockermouth is 18 mi (29 km) to the south and Penrith is 14.2 mi (23 km) to the east.

Economy

Hesket Newmarket was the original base of Carlisle based haulage giant Eddie Stobart Logistics.

The village has two social enterprises, a co-operatively owned pub, the Old Crown Inn and a co-operatively owned brewery, the Hesket Newmarket Brewery.

Etymology

The name is recorded in 1227 as Eskeheued, pointing to Old Norse eski = ash (tree) + Anglo-Saxon hēafod = "ash-head" = "hill with ash trees on", and not the usual origin of placenames Hesket and Hesketh.

Governance

The village is in the parliamentary constituency of Penrith and Solway.

For Local Government purposes it is in the Cumberland unitary authority district.

Hesket Newmarket along with neighbouring village Caldbeck, has its own parish council, Caldbeck Parish Council.^[1]

Notable people

Eddie Stobart (1929–2024)
Edward Stobart (1954–2011)
William Stobart (born 1961)

Brewery

The village has its own brewery; Hesket Newmarket Brewery which was founded in 1987, at the back of the Old Crown Inn. Chris Bonington sent a message from Kathmandu to officially open the pub.^[2]

The first beer, Blencathra Bitter, was launched in March 1988, other beers include Doris' 90th Birthday Ale.

Today the brewery is owned by Hesket Newmarket Brewery Co-operative Ltd, which was established to acquire ownership of the brewery. The Prince of Wales visited the pub in 2004 to honour its achievements.^[3]

References

External links

Cumbria County History Trust: Caldbeck (nb: provisional research only - see Talk page)
Hesket Newmarket on the BBC

Media related to Hesket Newmarket at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "Caldbeck Parish Council".

[2] Hesket Newmarket | Breweries | Campaign for Real Ale Cumbria

[3] Village clubs together to save tiny brewery The Guardian

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