Kirkandrews-on-Eden

Kirkandrews-on-Eden

Road junction, Kirkandrews-on-Eden
Kirkandrews-on-Eden
 Kirkandrews-on-Eden shown within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY352583
Civil parishBeaumont
DistrictCity of Carlisle
Shire countyCumbria
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town CARLISLE
Postcode district CA5
Dialling code 01228
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK ParliamentCarlisle
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria

Coordinates: 54°54′58″N 3°00′36″W / 54.916°N 3.010°W / 54.916; -3.010

Kirkandrews-on-Eden or Kirkandrews-upon-Eden, in the past known as Kirkanders, is a small village in the parish of Beaumont, in the City of Carlisle District of the county of Cumbria, England. The village is found 4 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 500m from the River Eden, Cumbria along which the Cumbrian Coastal Walk runs. It 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 the Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site from Ravenglass on the Cumbrian coast via Kirkandrews-on-Eden to Tynemouth near Newcastle, 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.

Transport

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 cuts.

See also

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kirkandrews-on-Eden.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, April 04, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.