Leath Ward

Leath ward in Cumberland

Leath Ward is one of the wards of Cumberland. It is situated in the south-east of the county, bounded to the south by Westmorland; to the east by County Durham; to the north-east by Northumberland; to the north by Eskdale Ward; to the north-west by Cumberland Ward; and to the west by Allerdale below Derwent Ward.

The hundred comprises the ancient parishes of:

• Addingham
• Ainstable
• Alston
• Caldbeck (part)^*
• Carlisle St Mary (part)^†
• Castle Sowerby
• Croglin
• Dacre
• Edenhall
• Great Salkeld
• Greystoke
• Hesket in the Forest
• Hutton in the Forest
• Kirkoswald
• Kirkland
• Langwathby
• Lazonby
• Melmerby
• Newton Regny
• Ousby
• Penrith
• Renwick
• Skelton

^*: Mosedale township. Remainder in Allerdale below Derwent Ward.
^†: Middlesceugh and Braithwaite township. Remainder in Cumberland Ward.

The ward had a population of 31,594 in 2011.