Brunstock

Brunstock
Brunstock
	; The Old Dairy at Brunstock
	Brunstock Location in the City of Carlisle district, CumbriaShow map of the City of Carlisle districtShow map of CumbriaShow all
OS grid reference	NY416595
Civil parish	Stanwix Rural;
District	City of Carlisle;
Shire county	Cumbria;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CARLISLE
Postcode district	CA6
Dialling code	01228
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Penrith and The Border;
	List of places UK England Cumbria 54°55′37″N 2°54′36″W / 54.927°N 2.910°WCoordinates: 54°55′37″N 2°54′36″W / 54.927°N 2.910°W

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.^[1]

History[]

The name "Brunstock" may mean 'Brun's farmstead", 'Brun's field-path', 'Brun's boundary-post', 'the farm by the burn', 'the field path by the burn' or 'the post by the burn'.^[2]

Location[]

It is a few miles away from the small city of Carlisle and near the River Eden, there is also Brunstock Beck nearby.

Nearby settlements[]

Nearby settlements include the city of Carlisle, the commuter village of Houghton, the hamlets of Linstock, Whiteclosegate, Tarraby and Park Broom.

Transport[]

For transport there is the A689 road about an eighth of a mile away and the B6264 and M6 motorway nearby. There is also the Carlisle railway station a few miles away, which is on the Settle-Carlisle Line.

References[]

^ "Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Brunstock". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ The Place-names of Cumberland and Westmorland. Beowulf. 1915. p. 27. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

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[1] "Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Brunstock". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 30 January 2018.

[2] The Place-names of Cumberland and Westmorland. Beowulf. 1915. p. 27. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

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