Eaglesfield forms part of the
civil parish of Dean, which also covers Dean,
Deanscales,
Branthwaite, Pardshaw and
Ullock. There are two tiers of local government covering Dean, at parish and
unitary authority level: Dean Parish Council and
Cumberland Council. The parish forms part of the
parliamentary constituency of
Whitehaven and Workington.
Administrative history Eaglesfield was historically a
township in the
ancient parish of
Brigham, which formed part of the
historic county of
Cumberland. The township of Eaglesfield took on civil functions under the
poor laws from the 17th century onwards. As such, the township also became a
civil parish in 1866, when the legal definition of 'parish' was changed to be the areas used for administering the poor laws. An
ecclesiastical parish called
Mosser was created in 1883, covering four townships from the old Brigham parish, including Eaglesfield. An old
chapel of ease at Mosser initially served as the parish church. In 1891, a new church dedicated to St Philip was built in the Eaglesfield township, a short distance east of the village. The church is called St Philip, Mosser, by reference to the ecclesiastical parish it serves, despite not being in the old Mosser township. In 1934, the civil parish of Eaglesfield was abolished and its area added to the neighbouring parish of Dean. ==Notable people==