Whale, Cumbria

Whale is a hamlet in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area, Cumbria, England. Historically in Westmorland, it is about a mile south of the village of Askham. In the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72 it had a population of 53.

Toponymy

The name Whale comes from the same Anglo-Saxon language root as the country Wales, meaning 'foreigners'. It was given by the Angles of Helton to the Celtic inhabitants of the opposite side of the River Lowther, c. the 9th century.