Finsthwaite is a small village in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It is located near the Furness Fells and Windermere. Finsthwaite has a place of worship, St Peter's Church, and a Bobbin Mill called Stott Park Bobbin Mill, now a working museum.
Overlooking the village is Finsthwaite Heights, which is one of Alfred Wainwright's Outlying Fells of Lakeland.
Finsthwaite is in the civil parish of Colton.
History A picture of Finsthwaite in the eighteenth century is found in the account book of one of its residents.
See also
Listed buildings in Colton, Cumbria
References
External links Cumbria County History Trust: Colton (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page) http://www.english-lakes.com/finsthwaite.html