Brunstock

{{Infobox UK place

| static_image = The Old Dairy at Brunstock. - geograph.org.uk - 273513.jpg

| static_image_caption = The Old Dairy at Brunstock

| country = England

| official_name = Brunstock

| coordinates = {{coord|54.927|-2.910|display=inline,title}}

| population =

| civil_parish = Stanwix Rural

| unitary_england = Cumberland

| lieutenancy_england = Cumbria

| region = North West England

| constituency_westminster = Carlisle

| post_town = CARLISLE

| postcode_district = CA6

| postcode_area = CA

| dial_code = 01228

| os_grid_reference = NY416595

| pushpin_map = United Kingdom City of Carlisle

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the City of Carlisle district, Cumbria

| label_position =

}}

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.{{cite web| url =http://visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/850410|title=Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Brunstock|publisher= Vision of Britain|accessdate = 30 January 2018}}

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'.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6goNAQAAIAAJ&dq=Brunstock+place+name&pg=PA26|title=The Place-names of Cumberland and Westmorland|publisher=Beowulf|page=27|accessdate=12 January 2022|isbn=|year=1915}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/Cumberland/Stanwix/532847e0b47fc408f9000ca3-Brunstock|title=Brunstock|publisher=Survey of English Place-Names|accessdate=2 October 2022}}

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

http://www.a-zmaps.co.uk/?nid=60&iid=3579&pts=1,2,3,4,5,6,&s=Carlisle&t=4957&st=1

Category:Hamlets in Cumbria

Category:Cumberland (unitary authority)