Cardewlees

Cardewlees

Windmill at Cardewlees
Cardewlees
Cardewlees shown within Cumbria
OS grid reference NY349511
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
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

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]

It is the birthplace of John Wilson, an architect with the Board of Ordnance who was responsible for some of the finest Regency buildings in the island of Guernsey.[8]

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.

References

  1. ↑ Lewis, Samuel (1831). A topographical Dictionary of England. Lewis. p. 346. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  2. ↑ The Architect. Gilbert Wood. 1871. p. 214. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  3. ↑ Maps (Map). Google Maps.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ English Place-Name Society (2002). Journal. The Society. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  7. ↑ British Academy; Balasundara Gupta (1943). Proceedings of the British Academy. Oxford University Press. p. 482. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  8. ↑ Simon Coombe, John Wilson, Guernsey's Architect: A Celebration (Blue Ormer, 2018).
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