Kirkbride
| Kirkbride | |
| Cumberland | |
|---|---|
 The Bush public house, Kirkbride | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY228564 |
| Location: | 54°53’49"N, 3°12’11"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 489 (2011) |
| Post town: | Wigton |
| Postcode: | CA7 |
| Dialling code: | 016973 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cumberland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Workington |
Kirkbride is a village in Cumberland; a modest place with a parish population at the 2011 census of just 489.
Significant remains of ancient history are close to Kirkbride including the Kirkbride Roman fort[1] and Hadrian's Wall some miles to the north. Hadrian's Wall in this western reach and the Kirkbride fort were originally of turf and timber construction due to the paucity of available stone in this part of Britain around the Solway Plain; the Wall was later rebuilt in stone.
Work on Hadrian's Wall began in 122 AD, but it is thought that Kirkbride Fort predates Hadrian's Wall and was built as part of the Stanegate frontier.
RAF base
The former RAF Kirkbride airbase was closed in 1960, and has since served as a recreational aerodrome, and is used by various industries for storage and processing. An impressive array of former RAF hangars and runways remain. [2] The officers' mess became a hotel, and the hangars were put to civilian industrial uses..
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Kirkbride) |
References
- ↑ Kirkbride Roman Fort
- ↑ "Solway Light Aviation Ltd". Kirkbride Field website. http://kirkbrideairfield.weebly.com/. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
