Cardewlees
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 Windmill at Cardewlees |
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| OS grid reference | NY349511 |
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| Civil parish | Dalston |
| District | City of Carlisle |
| Shire county | Cumbria |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CARLISLE |
| Postcode district | CA5 |
| Dialling code | 01228 |
| Police | Cumbria |
| Fire | Cumbria |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | Carlisle |
Coordinates: 54°51′04″N 3°00′50″W / 54.851°N 3.014°W
Cardewlees is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, about 4.5 miles southwest of Carlisle.[1] It is located northwest of Dalston (of which parish it belongs to[2]), north of Cardew and northeast of Thursby, just off the A595 road.[3] A windmill located here has been converted into apartments. Thursby Manor is located nearby.[4]Cardewlees hit the headlines in 1862 when resident Sarah Carrick poisoned herself with phosphorus paste, or rat poison.[5]
A farming community, in 2002 it was reported that the land system had undergone conversion from a vaccary system into a land-only type of tenure.[6] Archaeologically it is known for The Cardewlees Altar.[7]
See also
The 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.
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- ↑ Lewis, Samuel (1831). A topographical Dictionary of England. Lewis. p. 346. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ↑ The Architect. Gilbert Wood. 1871. p. 214. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ↑ Maps (Map). Google Maps.
- ↑ 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. 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. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ↑ English Place-Name Society (2002). Journal. The Society. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ↑ British Academy; Balasundara Gupta (1943). Proceedings of the British Academy. Oxford University Press. p. 482. Retrieved 10 July 2012.