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Cumrew
The village of cumrew
Population85 [1]
OS grid referenceNY 550503
Civil parish
  • Cumrew
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBRAMPTON
Postcode districtCA8
Dialling code017689 [2]
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
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Cumrew is a small village and civil parish in north-east Cumbria, England. About 7 miles (11 km) south of Brampton and 13 miles (21 km) east of Carlisle.


The Village

Cumrew consists of two townships one of which is Cumrew Inside and the other Cumrew outside. Together they contain 2,686 acres. The parish borders Croglin, Cumwhitton, Carlatton, and Castle Carrock. [3] The village consists of 33 households 31 of which have permanent living residents. [4] Business in Cumrew is very limited and consisted of farms and an engineering company called Clive Walton Engineering Limited. The local farms include Rising Sun, Helme Farm and Gateshaw Mill. [5]

History

In a field near the church may be seen the outline of an extensive quadrangle; and, when Hutchinson wrote, there where, what he conceived, indications of a large edifice having occupied the spot. These could be conjectured remains of Dunwalloght castle. There is not much evidence that supports this claim or assumption. As when two small mounds where removed in 1832 there was no trace of a foundation of the castle or masonry. To support the clam of Hutchinson that it was the site of Dunwalloght castle. The Dacres family formerly owned two small estates here, which they sold to Sir Christopher Musgrave and Dugdale, in his Baronage. This is evidence that tells us that they had a castle called Dunwalloght, situated near the borders. Beyond this allusion nothing is known, either of its history or its site. On the summit of Cardunnock, whose British name has descended to us with considerable purity with ancient Keltic inhabitants. Near is a cairn of stones. An accumulation of these stones must have cost the expenditure of a vast amount of labour. Is where some British chief was laid to rest, with his war axe and flint headed spear beside him. “Great indeed must have been the importance of the mighty dead, for whom these sepulchres on the mountains' brow were reared ; and as when living they were held in honour, so they were set forth on their long journey to the unseen land of Annwyn - the Celtic Paradise of the west - it may be with a nation's tribute of reverence and love."[6]


St Mary's Church

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St Mary's Church, Cumrew [7]

The Church is dedicated to St Mary, built in 1890 and designed by George Dale Oliver. The church is very small with a small tower to the west of the church which holds two bells. [8] The square tower has plank doors with trefoil arch in pointed moulded recess and pointed hood mould. Within the tower there are many pointed and square lancet windows which have a bell opening, corbelled and battlemented parapet. The Nave contains two light lancet windows with trefoil heads, four light west windows with trefoil heads and plate tracery. The chancel also contains two light windows and an east windows form the original church. The interior has an open timber roof. The two bells which are held in the tower are dated 1750 and other bell is dated 1901 by inscribed brass plaque on church wall. The church became a grade two listed building on the 1st April 1957. [9]


Population

Population changes in Cumrew from 1811 to 2011 [10]

The population of cumrew has been decreasing for a number of years between been 1831 to 1891. The population slightly increased in 1901 then took another turn and decreased again between 1921 to 1951. [11] There are two major factors that could have influenced this population decline. The first is that of World War One 1914 to 1918 where young men were called up that would have worked on the farm land around the parish. Britain had casualties totalling 2,535,424 so many of the men that were called up to fight for King and country did not return thus led to a population decrease in many rural parishes in England. [12] Since 1961 the population of the village has stayed in an upward trend. [13]


Occupational Structure of Cumrew in 1831

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Occupational Males aged 20 & over, in 9 occupational categories[14]


Information on the occupational structure of Cumrew is limited as the only information provided by the first three censuses was a three-way categorisation of families. However this changed in 1831, as this more categorisation was published shown to the left, although this occupational structure was limited to only males aged 20 and over, nevertheless numbers of male servants under 20, and of female servants, were also shown. These are the most detailed parish-level occupational data ever published by the census. [15]

Governance

Carlatton and Cumrew is a joint parish council for Cumrew and neighbouring Carlatton; it forms part of the City of Carlisle non-metropolitan district. Cumrew is situated in the electoral ward of Wetheral on the City of Carlisle non-metropolitan district council. Which elects two councillors. Currently both seats are held by the conservatives, cllr Barry Ogilvie Earp and cllr Neville John Lishman. [16] Cumrew is also situated in the Wetheral Division which elects one councillor to Cumbria County Council currently held by the conservatives, Nicholas Henry Marriner. [17] The village of Cumrew is located inside Penrith and The Border constituency for elections to the UK Parliament. This seat is also currently held by the conservatives. [18]

Carlisle City Council, Wetheral Ward Result 06 May 2011 [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roger Nicholson Horne 794 28%
Conservative Neville Lishman 1,727 61%
Independent Geoff Round 326 11%
Majority 933 33%
Turnout 2,847 77%
Conservative hold Swing
Carlisle City Council, Wetheral Ward Result 01 May 2008 [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barry Ogilvie Earp 1,283 78%
Labour Roger Nicholson Horne 352 22%
Majority 931 57%
Turnout 1,635 44%
Conservative hold Swing
Cumbria County Council, Wetheral Division Result 04 June 2009[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BNP Susan Elizabeth Parker 95 4%
Conservative Nicholas Henry Marriner 1,602 61%
Labour Roger Nicholson Horne 536 20%
UKIP Michael John Owen 394 15%
Majority 1,066 41%
Turnout 2,627 45.8%
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 2010: Penrith and The Border [22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rory Stewart 24,071 53.4 +2.0
Liberal Democrats Peter Thornton 12,830 28.5 +2.6
Labour Barbara Cannon 5,834 12.9 −6.1
UKIP John Stanyer 1,259 2.8 +0.3
BNP Chris Davidson 1,093 2.4 N/A
Majority 11,241 24.9 −0.6
Turnout 45,087 69.9 +3.2
Conservative hold Swing −0.3


References

  1. ^ "Area: Cumrew CP (Parish)". Parish Profile - People. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Geographic Numbers". Dialling Code. ukphoneinfo. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Cumberland Towns & Parishes". CUMREW, Cumberland. GEN UKI. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
  4. ^ "Neighbourhood Statistics". Parish Profile - Accommodation and Tenure. Neighbourhood Statistics. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  5. ^ "The Cumbria Directory". Businesses in Cumrew. The Butler. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  6. ^ "Description of Cumrew". Description from T. Bulmer & Co's History, Topography and Directory of East Cumberland, 1884. UK and Ireland Genealogy. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  7. ^ "Geograph". St Mary's Church. Peter McDermott. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  8. ^ "Visit Cumbria". St Mary's Church. Visit Cumbria. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
  9. ^ "Church of St Mary, Cumrew". Listing Text. British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  10. ^ "Population changes in cumrew". Historical statistics Population. Vision of Britain. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
  11. ^ "Historical statistics". Population data. Vision of Britain. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  12. ^ "World War One Statistics". Comparison of Casualties. Anzacday. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  13. ^ "Population" (PDF). Parish Population Change 1991 - 2001. Cumbria County Council. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  14. ^ "Historical statistics - Industry". Males aged 20 & over, in 9 occupational categories. Vision of Britain. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  15. ^ "Historical statistics - Occupational Information". Males aged 20 & over, in 9 occupational categories. Vision of Britain. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  16. ^ "Carlisle City Council Members". Council and democracy. Carlisle City Council. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  17. ^ "Council & Democracy". Find Councillor. Cumbria County Council. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  18. ^ "Election 2010". Penrith & The Border. BBC. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  19. ^ "Council and democracy". Election Results. carlisle city council. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  20. ^ "Council and democracy". Election Results. carlisle city council. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  21. ^ "Election Results". Wetheral Division Results. Cumbria County Council. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  22. ^ "Election 2010". Penrith & The Border. BBC. Retrieved 18 March 2012.

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