Kingwater is a

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district,

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, England. At the 2011 census it had a population of 170. The parish is bordered to the north west by Askerton, to the north by

Tarset Tarset is a civil parish in Northumberland, England, created in 1955 from parts of Bellingham, Tarset West and Thorneyburn parishes. It is west-north-west of Bellingham. Today it shares a parish council with the adjacent parish of Greystea ...

, to the north east by Henshaw, to the south east by

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(these three being in

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), to the south by Waterhead and

Burtholme Burtholme refers to any of a civil parish in Cumbria, England, a hamlet within that parish or a family name originally linked to the place. It also appears in Burtholme Beck, which marks a significant point on Hadrian's Wall. Burtholme Civil ...

and to the south west by

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. There is a parish council, the lowest tier of local government. 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". In 1874 Kingwater was one of four townships within the parish of

Lanercost Lanercost is a village in the northern part of Cumbria, England. The settlement is in the civil parish of Burtholme, in the City of Carlisle local government district. Lanercost is known for the presence of Lanercost Priory and its proximit ...

. Retrieved 16 April 2017

Listed buildings

there are 6

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s in the parish, all at grade II.

References

External links

Cumbria County History Trust: Kingwater
(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page) * Civil parishes in Cumbria City of Carlisle {{Cumbria-geo-stub