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Listed Buildings In Wetheral
Wetheral is a civil parish in the City of Carlisle, Carlisle district of Cumbria, England. It contains 104 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, eleven are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, five are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish is to the east of the city of Carlisle, Cumbria, Carlisle, and it contains the villages of Wetheral, Great Corby, Cumwhinton, Scotby, Warwick-on-Eden, Warwick Bridge, Broadwath, Cotehill, and Aglionby, Cumbria, Aglionby, and the surrounding countryside. Wetheral Priory was in the parish, but all that remains of it is its Wetheral Priory Gatehouse, gatehouse and a length of wall; both are listed buildings and scheduled monuments. Another important building in the parish is Corby Castle, initially a tower house and later expanded; this and associated structures are listed. Most of the other listed buildings are Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wetheral
Wetheral is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in Cumbria, England. At the 2001 census, the population of the Wetheral Ward was 4,039, The civil parish of Wetheral is slightly larger, with a population of 5,203. being counted as 4,541 at the 2011 Census for both Parish and Ward. Wetheral stands high on a bank overlooking a gorge in the River Eden. Parts of the riverbank here are surrounded by ancient woodlands, including Wetheral Woods, owned by the National Trust. Formerly a small ferryboat operated to the village of Great Corby on the opposite bank, and an iron ring can still be found attached to the rocks on the Great Corby side of the river where the ferry would tie up. The place-name 'Wetheral' is first attested in the Register of Wetheral Priory circa 1100 AD, where it appears as ''Wetherhala''. The name means 'the haugh (area of flat land by a river) where wethers (castrated male sheep) were kept'. The Newcastle to Carlisle Railway has a station here at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
