Heversham Parish Council
The parish council web site for Heversham and Leasgill.
What's in a Name - A Place in History
Heversham is an historic and lovely place. Its history, therefore, may be surveyed within the context of its geographical setting.
If the definition of ‘history’ is the study of the recorded past it deserves, also, a prime position in the life story of the North of England. Heversham is the only Cumbrian place name, still recognisably in use, that has come down to us from the so called Dark Ages; for as ‘Hefresham’ it is mentioned in the tenth century ‘Historia de Sancto Cuthberto’. Hence on the map of Anglo-Saxon England in Stenton’s Oxford history only ‘Hefresham’, ‘aet Eamotum’ (Eamont Bridge) and ‘Luel’ (Carlisle) are recorded in Cumbria. ‘Mameceaster’ (Manchester) is the nearest place recorded to the south.
Local News
The annual parish sports day and barbecue coming soon.
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