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Distington () is a large village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, south of Workington and north-northeast of Whitehaven. Historically a part of Cumberland, the civil parish includes the nearby settlements of Common End, Gilgarran and Pica. The population of the civil parish was recorded as 2,247 in the 2001 Census.〔(Distington CP (Parish): Parish Headcounts ). neighbourhood.gov.uk. Office for National Statistics〕 The village has a co-op, a school and a garage. South of the village by the Lowca Beck are the fragmentary remains of Hayes Castle, a manor house fortified by Robert de Leyburn in 1322. ==Governance== An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches beyond the confines of Distington parish with at total population taken at the Census 2011 of 4,058.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ward population 2011 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Distington」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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