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
Celtic
Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to:
Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
* Celtic music
*Celtic nations
Sports Fo ...
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
Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales
The ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'' is a substantial topographical dictionary first published between 1870 and 1872, edited by the Reverend John Marius Wilson. It contains a detailed description of England and Wales. Its six volumes h ...
.
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
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