Cardewlees
| Cardewlees | |
| Cumberland | |
|---|---|
 Windmill at Cardewlees | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY349511 |
| Location: | 54°51’4"N, 3°-0’50"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Carlisle |
| Postcode: | CA5 |
| Dialling code: | 01228 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cumberland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Carlisle |
Cardewlees is a hamlet in Cumberland, about four and a half miles southwest of Carlisle.[1] It is located northwest of Dalston (to which parish it belongs), north of Cardew and north-east of Thursby, just off the A595 road.
Thursby Manor is located nearby.[2]
A windmill located here has been converted into a dwelling and the associated barns and old miller's cottage have been converted to four houses. One of these, Hawthorn Barn, is a holiday cottage.
History
Important Roman remains have been found at Cardewlees, specifically The Cardewlees Altar, an altar to Jupiter and the Genius of the Emperors Valerianus and Gallienus (which dates it to AD 255-9).[3][4]
A farming community, in 2002 a historical review reported that the land system had undergone conversion from a vaccary system into a land-only type of tenure.[5]
In 1862 Cardewlees was the focus of a scandal in the newspapers when a resident, Sarah Carrick, poisoned herself with phosphorus paste, or rat poison.[6]
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References
- ↑ 'Lewis, Samuel: 'A Topographical Dictionary of England' (S. Lewis and Co., 1848) ISBN 978-0-8063-1508-9: page 346
- ↑ Phythian-Adams, Charles (1996). Land of the Cumbrians: a study in British provincial origins, A.D. 400-1120. Scolar Press. p. 138. ISBN 978-1-85928-327-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=-XhnAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ↑ Roman Inscriptions of Britain: Cardewlees
- ↑ British Academy; Balasundara Gupta (1943). Proceedings of the British Academy. Oxford University Press.. p. 482. https://books.google.com/books?id=SAEVAAAAIAAJ. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ↑ English Place-Name Society (2002). Journal. The Society. https://books.google.com/books?id=QN4hAQAAIAAJ. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ↑ Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1862). The Pharmaceutical journal ...: A weekly record of pharmacy and allied sciences. J. Churchill. p. 292. https://books.google.com/books?id=IusKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA292. Retrieved 10 July 2012.