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Brunstock
The Old Dairy at Brunstock
Brunstock Location in the City of Carlisle district, Cumbria Brunstock Location within Cumbria Show map of Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY416595
Civil parish	Stanwix Rural
District	City of Carlisle
Shire 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	Penrith and The Border
List of places UK England Cumbria 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 Carlisle 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

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

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

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

Transport

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.

References

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

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