Brisco

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Brisco
Cumberland

Road through Brisco
Location
Grid reference: NY421518
Location: 54°51’29"N, 2°54’7"W
Data
Post town: Carlisle
Postcode: CA4
Dialling code: 01228
Local Government
Council: Cumberland
Parliamentary
constituency:
Carlisle

Brisco is a village in Cumberland, in the parish of St Cuthbert Without, standing a few miles south of the county town, the City of Carlisle. Junction 42 of the M6 motorway is nearby.

There is an ancient well in the village known as St Ninian's Well.

At one time the village had a railway station, Brisco Station, on the Carlisle-Penrith railway line.

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material
about Brisco)