Orton is a small picturesque village in Cumbria, England containing many 17th and 18th century cottages. A village is a human residential settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... Cumbria is a county in the North West region of England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... 19th century Cottages in the small hamlet of Crafton, Buckinghamshire In modern usage, a cottage is a dwelling, typically in a non-urban location (although there are cottage-style dwellings in cities). ...

It is located at the foot of a hill called Orton Scar, which was used in the movie version Anne Brontë's novel The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. There are two becks flowing through the village. It has a 13th century church, All Saints Church, primary school, one pub the George and a small handmade chocolate factory. Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... Anne Brontë (January 17, 1820 – May 28, 1849) was a British novelist and poet, the youngest of the Brontë literary family. ... A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative in prose. ... The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, a novel by Anne Brontë, is concerned with the story of a woman who leaves her abusive, dissolute husband, and who must then support herself and her young son. ... Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell, July 8, 1970) is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, known by his simple stage name of Beck. ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... An amusingly named pub (the Old New Inn) at Bourton-on-the-Water, in the Cotswold Hills of South West England A pub in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh, Scotland A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada...

The village has a popular farmers market held once a month and in fact Orton was given a market town charter in the Middle Ages but despite this it has always remained a village like other similar places in Westmorland which were made market towns eg: Brough and Shap. The market town is a medieval phenomenon. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... Westmorland (formerly also spelt Westmoreland, an even older spelling is Westmerland) is an area of north west England and one of the 39 historic counties of England. ... Brough is a village and civil parish in the Eden district of Cumbria, England. ... Shap is a linear village located amongst fells and isolated dales in Eden district, Cumbria UK. The village lies along the A6 road and is near to the M6 motorway. ...

The most famous inhabitant was George Whitehead (1636-1723), a founder of the Quaker Movement. The Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers, or Friends, is a religious community founded in England in the 17th century. ...

Within the parish are the well known Tebay or Westmorland motorway service areas. A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ... Westmorland Motorway Services is a pair of motorway service stations, between junctions 38 and 39 of the M6 motorway in Cumbria, England. ...

References

• Cumbria Directory entry on Orton

See also