Cargo, Cumbria
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Cargo is a small village near the River Eden on the Solway Plain. Cargo is about northwest of
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 ...
in Cumbria in the North West of England. The name Cargo reflects a combination of two languages; from the
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word ''carreg'' meaning "rock" and from the Old Norse word ''haugr'' meaning "hill". Circa 1870, it had a population of 262 as recorded in the
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See also

* Listed buildings in Kingmoor


References


External links


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