Oughterside

at , Carlisle , CA7 2 United Kingdom

1. City
2. Landmark
3. Landmark & Historical Place

Description

Oughterside is a village in the Allerdale District, in the English county of Cumbria. Nearby settlements include the town of Aspatria and the villages of Hayton and Prospect. For transport there is the A596 road nearby. Oughterside is 2.1 miles away from Aspatria and is 6 miles from Cockermouth, the birthplace of William Wordsworth. The village is home to the Manor house that caters for tourists throughout the year. Carlisle is the closest city to Oughterside that offers transport links to other locations across the UK through the railway network. Oughterside is located on the North Western edge of the Lake District.PopulationThe population of the Allerdale district is 626. In the 1920s Oughterside saw a vast increase in employment as many coal mines opened. Employment figures had almost doubled from 1914, when 339 men worked in the mines to 667 in 1923. Little Main and Ten Quarters mine seemed to be the most used mines with a vast decline in employment figures after the mines being abandoned in 1930. Other mines included Metal Band, Thirty Inch and Yard Band. However, during this time the population of the Allerdale district fell, this may well be due to the two world wars, with men going off to join the army. In recent years the Allerdale district has seen a population decrease, although it has been steady for twenty years, the graph shows a small rise then a fall, but on average the Allerdale district has had an average population 950,000 since the 1940s. This late flux could be due to its location, over time, being a rural place older people may move here to settle away from the busy urban cities, whereas the younger generations move away to urban settlements in search of employment. The availability of jobs, such as the mining industry saw a decline in population in the early 1900s and during the war time period. Many jobs have turned from agricultural to city workers, thus many people have moved away to urban areas at this time and men had gone off to fight in battle.

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Summary

Oughterside is Sunderland based place and this enity listed in City category. CA7 2.