Stanwix Rural

Stanwix Rural
Civil parish
Houghton Hall
Houghton Hall
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Coordinates: 54°55′59″N 2°53′02″W / 54.933°N 2.884°W / 54.933; -2.884
CountryEngland
Primary councilCity of Carlisle
CountyCumbria
RegionNorth West England
StatusCivil parish
Main settlementsBrunstock, Houghton, High Crosby, Linstock, Low Crosby, Rickerby, Tarraby and parts of Harker and Whiteclosegate
Government
 • UK ParliamentPenrith and The Border
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
2,923

Stanwix Rural is a civil parish in the City of Carlisle district of Cumbria, England, immediately to the north east of Carlisle itself – parts of the Carlisle urban area are in the parish boundaries.

The parish includes the villages and hamlets of Brunstock, Houghton, High Crosby, Linstock, Low Crosby, Rickerby, Tarraby and parts of Harker and Whiteclosegate.

Before 1966 the parish was simply called Stanwix[1] although the village of Stanwix itself had been, in 1912, incorporated into the city, civil parish and municipal borough of Carlisle.

The parish was subject to various boundary changes between 1866 and 1934 when it absorbed the former civil parish of Crosby-on-Eden.[2]

The River Eden forms the southern edge of the parish and the M6 motorway and A689 road both run through the area.

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward includes the parish of Irthington and surrounding areas with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 4,639.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Border Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Relationships and changes Stanwix Rural AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  • Cumbria County History Trust: Stanwix (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
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