Stanwix Rural is a civil parish in the City of Carlisle district of Cumbria, England, immediately to the north east of Carlisle itself – parts of the Carlisle urban area are in the parish boundaries.

Stanwix Rural
Civil parish
Houghton Hall
Coordinates: 54.933°N 2.884°W / 54.933; -2.884
Country	England
Primary council	City of Carlisle
County	Cumbria
Region	North West England
Status	Civil parish
Main settlements	Brunstock, Houghton, High Crosby, Linstock, Low Crosby, Rickerby, Tarraby and parts of Harker and Whiteclosegate
Government
• UK Parliament	Penrith and The Border
Population  (2011)
• Total	2,923

The parish includes the villages and hamlets of Brunstock, Houghton, High Crosby, Linstock, Low Crosby, Rickerby, Tarraby and parts of Harker and Whiteclosegate.

Before 1966 the parish was simply called Stanwix[1] although the village of Stanwix itself had been, in 1912, incorporated into the city, civil parish and municipal borough of Carlisle.

The parish was subject to various boundary changes between 1866 and 1934 when it absorbed the former civil parish of Crosby-on-Eden.[2]

The River Eden forms the southern edge of the parish and the M6 motorway and A689 road both run through the area.

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward includes the parish of Irthington and surrounding areas with a total population taken at the 2011 census of 4,639.[3]

See also

• Listed buildings in Stanwix Rural

References

External links

• Cumbria County History Trust: Stanwix (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)

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