Kirkbride, Cumbria

Kirkbride is a village and civil parish in Cumbria in the north west of England. The civil parish population at the 2011 census was 489.[1]

Kirkbride

The Bush public house, Kirkbride
Kirkbride
Location in Allerdale
Kirkbride
Location within Cumbria
Population489 (2011)
OS grid referenceNY228564
Civil parish
  • Kirkbride
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWIGTON
Postcode districtCA7
Dialling code016973
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament

History

Significant remains of ancient history are close to Kirkbride including the Kirkbride Roman fort[2] and Hadrian's Wall some miles to the north. Hadrian's Wall in this western reach and the Kirkbride fort were originally of turf and timber construction due to the paucity of available stone in this part of England around the Solway Plain; the Wall was later rebuilt in stone. The earliest recorded history of Kirkbride derives from the Roman occupation period; in 122 AD, the Romans constructed Hadrian's Wall, which incorporated the Vallum earthwork, and was initially made chiefly of turf and timber in the western reaches such as near Kirkbride. It is thought that Kirkbride Fort predates Hadrian's Wall and was built as part of the Stanegate frontier. The Wall was designed primarily to prevent entrance by small bands of raiders or unwanted immigration from the north, not as a fighting line for a major invasion according to Stephen Johnson.[3]

LIDAR photography has proved the existence of two Roman roads linking Kirkbride Roman fort with other Roman forts. One road led north-east to the nearby fort of Coggabata on Hadrian's Wall at Drumburgh. The other longer road led roughly south-south-east to the large Roman fort at Old Carlisle, just south of Wigton. The road did not follow the modern direct route to Wigton, but instead skirted the east side of the River Wampool past Biglands and Gamelsby, and then turned south.[4]

More recent history includes the Church of St Bride first recorded in 1189 it is surrounded by the area designated as the Kirkbride Roman Fort. The Kirkbride war memorial also stands in the grounds of the church. Due to narrow roads it is recommended to park at the base of Church road by the pub if you would like to visit.

Governance

Kirkbride is part of the parliamentary constituency of Workington. In the December 2019 general election, the Tory candidate for Workington, Mark Jenkinson, was elected the MP, overturning a 9.4 per cent Labour majority from the 2017 election to eject shadow environment secretary Sue Hayman by a margin of 4,136 votes.[5] Until the December 2019 general election The Labour Party has won the seat in the constituency in every general election since 1979.The Conservative Party has only been elected once in Workington since World War II, at the 1976 by-election.[6]

For the European Parliament its residents voted to elect MEP's for the North West England constituency.

Angerton church, 1 km north of Kirkbride
Hangar at former RAF Kirkbride, Cumbria.

Transport

Other than by car there is a public transport option from Carlisle, the Stagecoach 93 bus [7]

See also

References
  1. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  2. "Kirkbride Roman Fort". Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 11 April 2008.
  3. Stephen Johnson (2004) Hadrian's Wall, 128 pp. Sterling Publishing Company, Inc, ISBN 0-7134-8840-9
  4. Roman roads in Cumbria, www.romanroads.org
  5. "Workington parliamentary constituency – Election 2019".
  6. "A vision of Britain website – general elections section". Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  7. "Stagecoach 93 bus timetable". Cumbria.gov.uk.

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