Kingwater is a civil parish in City of Carlisle district, Cumbria, England. At the 2011 census it had a population of 170.[1]
The parish is bordered to the north west by Askerton, to the north by Tarset, to the north east by Henshaw, to the south east by Thirlwall (these three being in Northumberland), to the south by Waterhead and Burtholme and to the south west by Walton.[2]
There is a parish council, the lowest tier of local government.[3][4]
The parish is described by its parish council as having "several farms, dwellings and small hamlets" but "no school, no pub, no church or village hall".[4]
In 1874 Kingwater was one of four townships within the parish of Lanercost.[5]
Listed buildings
editAs of 2017[update] there are 6 listed buildings in the parish, all at grade II.
References
edit- ^ "Area: Kingwater (Parish)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "Information on: Kingwater (Parish)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office of National Statistics. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ "Kingwater Parish Council in Cumbria". Kingwater Parish Council. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ a b "Kingwater Parish Council". Cumbria County Council. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ^ Lanercost: historical and genealogical information at GENUKI. Retrieved 16 April 2017
External links
edit- Cumbria County History Trust: Kingwater (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
- "Kingwater through time". A Vision of Britain Through Time. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
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