Linstock is a village in the

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

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

, in the

Carlisle Carlisle ( , ; from xcb, Caer Luel) is a city that lies within the Northern England, Northern English county of Cumbria, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, Scottish border at the confluence of the rivers River Eden, Cumbria, Eden, River C ...

District, in the county of

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, England. It is a few miles away from the city of

and near the River Eden. Circa 1870, it had a population of 205 as recorded in the

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Nearby settlements

Nearby settlements include the

commuter village A commuter town is a populated area that is primarily residential rather than commercial or industrial. Routine travel from home to work and back is called commuting, which is where the term comes from. A commuter town may be called by many o ...

of Houghton and the hamlets of

Brunstock Brunstock is a hamlet in the civil parish of Stanwix Rural, in the Carlisle district, in the county of Cumbria, England. Circa 1870, the township had a population of 84 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. History The nam ...

Walby Walby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Stanwix Rural, in the Carlisle district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It is a few miles away from the city of Carlisle and near the hamlet of Linstock. It is on Willow Beck near the River Eden and ...

Park Broom Park Broom is a hamlet in the civil parish of Stanwix Rural, in the Carlisle district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It is a few miles away from the small city of Carlisle and near the River Eden. It was formerly in the township of Linstoc ...

and

Whiteclosegate Whiteclosegate is a hamlet in the Carlisle district of the county of Cumbria, England. Location It is on the B6264 road. Nearby settlements include the city of Carlisle, the villages of Houghton and Rickerby, the hamlets of Linstock and T ...

Transport

For transport there is the

B6264 road New B roads are numbered routes in Great Britain of lesser importance than A roads. See the article Great Britain road numbering scheme The Great Britain road numbering scheme is a numbering scheme used to classify and identify all roads in ...

, the A689 road and the M6 motorway nearby, there is a bridge going over the M6 motorway called Linstock Bridge. There is also the Carlisle railway station a few miles away, which is on the Settle-Carlisle Line.

Landmarks

Linstock Castle, now a farmhouse, was formerly a

tower house A tower house is a particular type of stone structure, built for defensive purposes as well as habitation. Tower houses began to appear in the Middle Ages, especially in mountainous or limited access areas, in order to command and defend strateg ...

built in the 12th or early 13th century as a palace for the Bishops of Carlisle, with 17th-20th century additions and alterations. Half a mile to the west, beside the M6, Drawdykes Castle is a former

pele tower Peel towers (also spelt pele) are small fortified keeps or tower houses, built along the English and Scottish borders in the Scottish Marches and North of England, mainly between the mid-14th century and about 1600. They were free-standing ...

, converted to a house with a Classical Revival facade in 1676.

References

External links

Cumbria County History Trust: Stanwix
(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page) Hamlets in Cumbria City of Carlisle {{Cumbria-geo-stub

Nearby settlements

Transport

Landmarks

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References

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