Kirkandrews-on-Eden

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This article is about the village and former civil parish in Beaumont, Carlisle. For the civil parish in Carlisle, see Kirkandrews-on-Esk.

Kirkandrews-on-Eden
Road junction, Kirkandrews-on-Eden - geograph.org.uk - 933396.jpg
Road junction, Kirkandrews-on-Eden
Kirkandrews-on-Eden is located in the City of Carlisle district
Kirkandrews-on-Eden
Kirkandrews-on-Eden
Location in the City of Carlisle district, Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY352583
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCARLISLE
Postcode districtCA5
Dialling code01228
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54°54′58″N 3°00′36″W / 54.916°N 3.010°W / 54.916; -3.010Coordinates: 54°54′58″N 3°00′36″W / 54.916°N 3.010°W / 54.916; -3.010

Kirkandrews-on-Eden or Kirkandrews-upon-Eden, in the past known as Kirkanders, is a village and former civil parish, now in the civil parish of Beaumont, in the Carlisle District of the county of Cumbria, England. The village is found 4 miles North-West of Carlisle. Kirkandrews forms part of the together with the nearby villages Monkhill, Grinsdale, and Burgh-by-Sands. The civil parish was merged into Beaumont in 1934.[1] In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 145.[2]

History[]

Hadrian's Wall Path and the Vallum run through the village. The village is 500m from the River Eden along which the Cumbrian Coastal Walk runs. It contains several examples of interesting listed buildings, Hollow Creek Farm; built in 1760, The Manor House, The Croft; built in the 1600s, The Beeches, Beech House are Grade II listed. National Cycle Network Route 72, Hadrian's Cycleway, stretches 160 miles along the Hadrian's Wall World Heritage Site from Ravenglass on the Cumbrian coast via Kirkandrews-on-Eden to Tynemouth near Newcastle upon Tyne.

The Church of St. Andrew, which formerly stood here and gave a name to the village, disappeared long ago, and nothing now remains to point out its site, save the undulations of the greensward and the well of St. Andrew found in the old graveyard. Since the year 1692, Kirkandrews has been united with Beaumont in all ecclesiastical matters, and St. Mary's Church at Beaumont and in Kirkandrews serve for both parishes.

Transport[]

Evidence of the Carlisle Canal, later converted to the Carlisle to Silloth Railway, are to be found in the village and surrounding fields. Kirkandrews railway station was a victim of the 1964 Beeching cuts.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Relationships and changes Kirkandrews upon Eden AP/CP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Population Statistics Kirkandrews upon Eden AP/CP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 9 February 2018.

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