Linstock, Cumberland

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Linstock like this:

LINSTOCK, a township in Stanwix parish, Cumberland; on the river Eden, 2½ miles NE of Carlisle. Acres, 1,133. Real property, £1,789. Pop., 205. Houses, 45. Remains exist of Linstock Castle, which was a residence of the Bishops of Carlisle, and at which Bishop Halton received Edward I. Extensive remains exist also of Drawdykes Castle, part of which was rebuilt, in the 17th century, with stones from the Roman wall, by John Aglionby, Esq., recorder of Carlisle, who placed upon the battlements three remarkable strong busts, supposed to have been household gods of the Romans.

Linstock through time

Linstock is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Linstock itself, go to Statistics.

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