Great Ormside
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Great Ormside is a small village in the parish of Ormside
Ormside
Ormside is a civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, England, which includes the village of Great Ormside and the hamlet of Little Ormside. It has a population of 133.- External links :* at britishlistedbuilding.co.uk...

, in the Eden
Eden, Cumbria
Eden is a local government district in Cumbria, England. Its council is based in Penrith. It is named after the River Eden which flows north through the district toward Carlisle....

 District, in the English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 county of Cumbria
Cumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...

. It is a few miles away from the small town of Appleby-in-Westmorland
Appleby-in-Westmorland
Appleby-in-Westmorland is a town and civil parish in Cumbria, in North West England. It is situated within a loop of the River Eden and has a population of approximately 2,500. It is in the historic county of Westmorland, of which it was the county town. The town's name was simply Appleby, until...

. It is near the River Eden
River Eden, Cumbria
The River Eden is a river that flows through Cumbria, England on its way to the Solway Firth.-Course of river:The Eden rises in Black Fell Moss, Mallerstang, on the high ground between High Seat, Yorkshire Dales and Hugh Seat. Here it forms the boundary between the counties of Cumbria and North...

. There is also the smaller neighbouring hamlet of Little Ormside
Little Ormside
Little Ormside is a hamlet in the parish of Ormside, in the Eden District, in the English county of Cumbria.- Location :It is a few miles away from the small town of Appleby-in-Westmorland. It is near the River Eden, Cumbria. There is also the larger neighbouring village of Great...

. It also has a church called St. James's Church
St James' Church, Great Ormside
St James' Church, Great Ormside, is an active Anglican church in the village of Great Ormside, Cumbria, England. It is a parish church in the deanery of Appleby, the archdeaconry of Carlisle, and the diocese of Carlisle. The church dates from the 11th century, and has been designated by...

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Close to the church in Great Ormside, Ormside Hall is a 17th century house which incorporates the remains of a late 14th or early 15th century tower house.

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