Castle Carrock
| Castle Carrock | |
| Cumberland | |
|---|---|
 Geltsdale Road, Castle Carrock | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY542553 |
| Location: | 54.891189, -2.714624 |
| Data | |
| Population: | 303 (2011) |
| Post town: | Brampton |
| Postcode: | CA8 |
| Dialling code: | 01228 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cumberland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Penrith and The Border |
Castle Carrock is a village in the north-east of Cumberland, on a little stream dropping down the River Gelt. The B6413 road from Brampton ends here. Castle Carrock is to be found about three miles south of Brampton.
The population of the wider civil parish was recorded as just 328 at the 2011 census.
The village has a pub, The Duke of Cumberland, a primary school a network of pleasant footpaths through the countryside. The Northumberland border lies just four miles to the east, across the fells of the King's Forest of Geltsdale.
History
The first name which appears on the manorial roll of Castle Carrock is Eustace de Vallibus, grantee under his kinsman, Hugh de Vallibus, or Vaux, upon whom Henry II conferred the barony of Gilsland as a recompense for services rendered to the young prince in his contest with King Stephen.
The family of Eustace adopted the Castle-Carrock as a surname, and probably had their castle here which has given a name to the parish. Robert de Castle Carrock, the fourth in descent, left three daughters, among whom the manor was divided, parts of which passed to the Dacres eventually the whole manor passed to the Earls of Carlisle. The principal landowners in the late 19th century were the executors of the late John Watson, Esq., Gelt House: William Watson, Esq., Holme Eden; Ralph Watson, Garth Foot; James Proctor Watson, Esq., Gelt Hall; and Mrs. Elizabeth Carrick.
On the summit of the fell are two cairns, one of which, called Hespeck Raise, is of considerable magnitude. Near Gelt bridge was another cairn, and when the stones were removed in 1775, by the farmer on whose land it was situated, a cistaven or rude stone coffin was found, in which was a human skeleton. About fifteen years ago another cistaven, containing a human skeleton, was unearthed by two farmers near to Greenwell; accompanying it were an urn and a flint, probably the hatchet of the warrior chief, whose mouldered remains were thus brought to view 2,000 years after his entombment.[1]
Parish church
The parish church is St Peter's.
This church as we see it today was rebuilt in 1828 and restored in 1888.[2] It stands though on a mediæval site in the ruins of previously built churches and also a castle.
About the village
The Duke of Cumberland Inn, is a family run pub situated in the heart of the village of Castle Carrock.
Above the village lies the Castle Carrock Reservoir, which was built in 1907 to supply drinking water to Carlisle.
Outside links
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References
- ↑ T. Bulmer & Co's History, Topography and Directory of East Cumberland, 1884 by Don Noble., cited in Information on Castle Carrock from GENUKI
- ↑ St Peter's Church - British Listed Buildings
