Warcop

Warcop is a village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, which had a population of 532 at the 2011 census.

The name Warcop means 'hill with a cairn', and was spelt Warthecopp and otherwise in the 13th century and earlier.

It is a compound word that combines viking age Old Norse varða (cairn, a pile of stones) and the Old English copp (a summit or hill top).

Warcop boasts the oldest usable bridge over the River Eden, which dates from the 14th century or earlier.

This ward stretches north to Murton with a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 1,352.