Highlaws
| Highlaws | |
| Cumberland | |
|---|---|
 Farm buildings at Highlaws | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY141497 |
| Location: | 54°50’6"N, 3°20’10"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Wigton |
| Postcode: | CA7 |
| Dialling code: | 016973 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cumberland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Workington |
Highlaws is a hamlet in Cumberland, approximately two and a quarter miles south-west of Abbeytown, a mile and a half east of Pelutho, and one mile to the north of Aldoth.
Carlisle, Cumberland's county town, is twenty miles to the north-east.
History
The name of Highlaws comes from the Old English heah hlawas, meaning "high hills" or "high mounds". In the past, variant spellings included Heelawes, Hielawes, Highlows, Hielows, and Hylaws.[1]
The hamlet appears in a survey of Holm Cultram dating back to the year 1538, during the reign of King Henry VIII. There were at least thirteen families resident in Highlaws at that time.[2]
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Highlaws) |
References
- ↑ Holme St. Cuthbert History Group (2004). Plain People: Bygone Times on the Solway Plain. ISBN 0954882318.
- ↑ "HStChg: digitised copy of 1538 survey of Holm Cultram (download in .rtf format)". http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/hstchg/1538.rtf. Retrieved 26 July 2015.