Cumrew
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| Cumrew shown within Cumbria | |
| Population | 85 (2001) |
| OS grid reference | NY 550503 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BRAMPTON |
| Postcode district | CA8 |
| Dialling code | 017689 |
| Police | Cumbria |
| Fire | Cumbria |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
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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 population of the civil parish taken at the 2001 census was 85, increasing to 131 at the 2011 Census.
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. The village consists of 33 households 31 of which have permanent living residents. 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 and Gateshaw Mill.
In a field near the church it may be seen that an outline of an extensive quadrangle used to exist. When Hutchinson wrote, there where, what he was conceived by, indications of a large object having occupied the spot. These could be the remains of Dunwalloght castle. There is not much evidence that supports this claim or assumption. As when two small mounds were 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 suggests that they had a castle on this site 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."
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. The church became a grade two listed building on 1 April 1957.
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