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Stockdalewath is a small village in
Roe Beck level at Stockdalewath
Villages in Cumbria Dalston, Cumbria Inglewood Forest {{Cumbria-geo-stub
Cumbria
Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. ...
, approximately 7.5 miles south of Carlisle
Carlisle ( , ; from xcb, Caer Luel) is a city that lies within the Northern English county of Cumbria, south of the Scottish border at the confluence of the rivers Eden, Caldew and Petteril. It is the administrative centre of the City ...
in the extreme northwest of England. It is located on the River Roe
The River Roe is a river located in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It flows north from Glenshane in the Sperrin Mountains to Lough Foyle, via the settlements of Dungiven, Burnfoot, Limavady and Myroe.
The River Roe's length is
Origi ...
, and is in the civil parish of Dalston
Dalston () is an area of East London, in the London Borough of Hackney. It is northeast of Charing Cross. Dalston began as a hamlet on either side of Dalston Lane, and as the area urbanised the term also came to apply to surrounding areas incl ...
.
As of the 2011 census, the population is estimated to be 74.
Archaeological evidence, mostly based on aerial surveys of crop marks, suggests that Stockdalewath was a rural settlement in Roman Cumbria. Within a half mile of the village are three camps thought to be Roman, with the names Castlesteads, Stoneraise, and Whitestones. They are equal distance from each other and form a triangle.
Notable people
*Susanna Blamire
Susanna Blamire (12 January 1747 – 1794) was an English Romantic poet, sometimes known as 'The Muse of Cumberland' because many of her poems represent rural life in the county and, therefore, provide a valuable contradistinction to those amon ...
, poet known as ''The Muse of Cumberland''; raised in Stockdalewath
See also
*Listed buildings in Dalston, Cumbria
Dalston is a civil parish in the Carlisle district of Cumbria, England. It contains 93 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, three are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, four are ...
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* *Roe Beck level at Stockdalewath
Villages in Cumbria Dalston, Cumbria Inglewood Forest {{Cumbria-geo-stub