Kirkbride is a village and civil parish in the

Allerdale Allerdale is a non-metropolitan district of Cumbria, England, with borough status. Its council is based in Workington and the borough has a population of 93,492 according to the 2001 census, increasing to 96,422 at the 2011 Census. The Bor ...

borough of

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, England. The civil parish population at the 2011 census was 489.

History

Significant ancient historical remains close to Kirkbride include the Kirkbride

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and

Hadrian's Wall Hadrian's Wall ( la, Vallum Aelium), also known as the Roman Wall, Picts' Wall, or ''Vallum Hadriani'' in Latin, is a former defensive fortification of the Roman province of Britannia, begun in AD 122 in the reign of the Emperor Hadrian. Ru ...

some miles to the north. Both Hadrian's Wall in this western reach and the Kirkbride fort were originally of turf and timber construction due to the paucity of available stone in this part of England around the Solway Plain; the Wall was later rebuilt in stone. In 122 AD, the Romans constructed

, which incorporated the Vallum earthwork. It is thought that Kirkbride Fort predates Hadrian's Wall and was built as part of the

Stanegate The Stanegate (meaning "stone road" in Northumbrian dialect) was an important Roman road built in what is now northern England. It linked many forts including two that guarded important river crossings: Corstopitum (Corbridge) on the River Ty ...

frontier. The Wall was designed primarily to prevent entrance by small bands of raiders or unwanted

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from the north, not as a fighting line for a major

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according to Stephen Johnson.

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photography has proved the existence of two

Roman road Roman roads ( la, viae Romanae ; singular: ; meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, and were built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman Re ...

s linking Kirkbride Roman fort with other Roman forts. One road led north-east to the nearby fort of

Coggabata Coggabata, or Congavata / Concavata, (with the modern name of Drumburgh) was a Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall, between Aballava (Burgh by Sands) to the east and Mais (Bowness-on-Solway) to the west. It was built on a hill commanding views over the ...

on Hadrian's Wall at

Drumburgh Drumburgh ( ) is a small settlement in Cumbria, England. It is northwest of the city of Carlisle and is on the course of Hadrian's Wall, near to Burgh by Sands. The village is sited on a gentle hill with a good view in all directions over the ...

. The other, longer, road led roughly south-south-east to the large Roman fort at

Old Carlisle Old Carlisle is a village in the civil parish of Westward in the Allerdale district of Cumbria, England. It is located by the River Waver, and was originally a part of Cumberland Cumberland ( ) is a historic county in the far North West ...

, just south of

Wigton Wigton is a market town in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it lies just outside the Lake District in the borough of Allerdale. Wigton is at the centre of the Solway Plain, between the Caldbeck Fells an ...

. The road did not follow the modern direct route to Wigton, but instead skirted the east side of the

River Wampool The River Wampool is a river flowing through north western Cumbria in England. It is in the ''Waver and Wampool'' (or ''Wampool and Waver'') catchment which includes the towns of Silloth and Wigton. The river is formed at Chalkfoot near East C ...

past Biglands and Gamelsby, and then turned south. More recent history includes construction of the Church of St Bride; first recorded in 1189, it is surrounded by the area designated as Kirkbride Roman Fort. The Kirkbride war memorial also stands in the grounds of the church.

Governance

Kirkbride is part of the

parliamentary constituency An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other poli ...

Workington Workington is a coastal town and civil parish at the mouth of the River Derwent on the west coast in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, England. The town was historically in Cumberland. At the 2011 census it had a population of 25,207. Locat ...

. In the December 2019 general election, the

Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in ...

candidate for Workington,

Mark Jenkinson Mark Ian Jenkinson (born 28 January 1982) is a British Conservative Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Workington since 2019. Early life and career Jenkinson was born in Whitehaven and raised in Workington. He was ed ...

, was elected as MP, overturning a 9.4 per cent Labour majority from the 2017 election to eject the previous MP

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by a margin of 4,136 votes. Kirkbridechurch

Transport

Other than by car there is a public transport option from Carlisle, the Stagecoach 93 bus

References

External links

Cumbria County History Trust: Kirkbride
(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page) {{authority control Civil parishes in Cumbria Villages in Cumbria Allerdale

History

Governance

Transport

See also

References

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