Brunstock

Hamlet in Cumbria, England

Human settlement in England

Brunstock

The Old Dairy at Brunstock

Brunstock

Location in the City of Carlisle district, Cumbria

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Brunstock

Location within Cumbria

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OS grid reference| NY416595
Civil parish|

* Stanwix Rural

Unitary authority|

* Cumberland

Ceremonial county|

* Cumbria

Region|

* North West

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| CARLISLE
Postcode district| CA6
Dialling code| 01228
Police| Cumbria
Fire| Cumbria
Ambulance| North West
UK Parliament|

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54°55′37″N 2°54′36″W﻿ / ﻿54.927°N 2.910°W﻿ / 54.927; -2.910

Brunstock is a hamlet in the civil parish of Stanwix Rural, in the Cumberland district, in the county of Cumbria, England. Circa 1870, the township had a population of 84 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.[1]

## History

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The name "Brunstock" may mean 'Brun's farmstead", 'Brun's field-path', 'Brun's boundary-post', 'the farm by the burn', 'the field path by the burn' or 'the post by the burn'.[2] Brunstock was "Brumescheyd" in 1124, "Brunescayd" in 1240, "Brunschaith" in 1250, "Bruneskayth" in 1253, "Brunscaith" in 1276, "Brunestach" in 1281, "Brunskeyt", "Brumskeyt" and "Brumschayt" in 1292, "Brunskayth" and "Brunschath" in 1318, "Brunskaith" in 1332, "Brunscayth" in 1345, "Burnscath" in 1422, "litillburnscath'" in 1424, "Bronnsketh" or "Bronsketh" in 1498, "Brunskath" in 1509, "Bronsketh mylne" in 1563, "Bronskewgh" in 1564, "Bruscath flu" in 1576, "Brunscathhead" in 1603, "Brunskathe Becke" and "Brunskaythe Beck" in 1609, "Brunskugh Beck" and "Brunskeugh Beck" in 1610, "Brunstock" in 1662, "Brunstock" or "Brunskeugh" in 1687, "Brim Stock" in 1710, "Brinstock" in 1714.[3]

## Location

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It is a few miles away from the small city of Carlisle and near the River Eden, there is also Brunstock Beck nearby.

## Nearby settlements

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Nearby settlements include the city of Carlisle, the commuter village of Houghton, the hamlets of Linstock, Whiteclosegate, Tarraby and Park Broom.

## Transport

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For transport there is the A689 road about an eighth of a mile away and the B6264 and M6 motorway nearby. There is also the Carlisle railway station a few miles away, which is on the Settle-Carlisle Line.

## See also

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* Cumbria portal

* Listed buildings in Stanwix Rural

## References

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1. ^ "Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Brunstock". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
2. ^ The Place-names of Cumberland and Westmorland. Beowulf. 1915. p. 27. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
3. ^ "Brunstock". Survey of English Place-Names. Retrieved 2 October 2022.

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