Kirkandrews-on-Eden
| Kirkandrews-on-Eden | |
| Cumberland | |
|---|---|
 By Kirkandrews-on-Eden | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY352583 |
| Location: | 54°54’58"N, 3°-0’36"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Carlisle |
| Postcode: | CA5 |
| Dialling code: | 01228 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cumberland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Carlisle |
Kirkandrews-on-Eden or Kirkandrews-upon-Eden, in the past known as Kirkanders, is a small village in the parish of Beaumont, in northern Cumberland. The village is found four miles north-west of Carlisle.
Kirkandrews forms part of the Barony of Burgh together with the nearby villages Monkhill, Grinsdale, Rattlingate and Burgh by Sands.
History
Hadrian's Wall Path and the vallum run through the village. The village is 500 yards from the River Eden along which the Cumberland Coastal Walk runs.
Kirkandrews contains several examples of interesting listed buildings, Hollow Creek Farm, built in 1760, The Manor House, The Croft and The Beeches, Beech House are Grade II listed.
National Cycle Network Route 72, Hadrian's Cycleway, stretches 160 miles along Hadrian's Wall and the related World Heritage Site designation area from Ravenglass on the Cumberland coast by way of Kirkandrews-on-Eden to Tynemouth near Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.
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 Beaumont Parish Hall in Kirkandrews serve for both parishes.
Evidence of the Carlisle to Port 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 Axe.
References
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Kirkandrews-on-Eden) |
- Kirkandrews-upon-Eden on AboutBritain
- Hadrian’s Wall Path on 'National Trails'
- Burgh-by-Sands Parish Council
- Kirkandrews-on-Eden in Bulmer's 'History & Directory Of Cumberland', 1901
- Ratling Gate Scout Camp