The pub, "Oily Johnnies", in Winscales

Winscales is a hamlet and civil parish in Allerdale, Cumbria, England, south west of Workington. In the 2011 census it had a population of 237.[1]

The parish is bordered by Workington to the west, Great Clifton and Little Clifton to the north east, Dean to the south east, and Distington, in Copeland district, to the south. The A595 road and A596 road pass through the parish.[2]

There is a parish council, the lowest tier of local government.[3][4]

Winscales Moor Wind Farm is in the north of the parish, and there are industrial developments. The parish council describes the parish as "primarily industrial with few residential properties".[5]

In Winscales hamlet there is a pub with the unusual name of "Oily Johnnies" or "Oily's". It was previously the Royal Oak but was renamed after a previous landlord who sold paraffin oil from a shed beside the pub.[6][7]

Listed buildings

As of 2017 there are two listed buildings in the parish, both at grade II.

References

  1. ↑ "Area: Winscales (Parish)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Information on: Winscales (Parish)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office of National Statistics. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "Winscales". Parish Council. Allerdale Borough Council. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Winscales Parish Council". Winscales Parish Council. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "About the Parish Council". Winscale Parish Council. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "Britain's Strangest Pub Names: The Legend of Oily Johnnie's". The Telegraph. 15 February 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "About Oily's Pub". Oily's Pub. Retrieved 27 March 2017.

54°37′N 3°31′W / 54.62°N 3.51°W / 54.62; -3.51


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