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Kirkoswald is a village, civil parish, and former market town located in Westmorland and Furness, England, about 9 miles (14 km) from Penrith. The village is in the historic county of Cumberland . The village, referred to colloquially as KO , had a population of 870 at the 2001 census, [ 2 ] which rose to 901 at the 2011 Census.
Kirkoswald (Scots: Kirkossald) [1] is a village and parish in the Carrick district of Ayrshire, Scotland, 1 + 3 ⁄ 4 miles (3 kilometres) from the coast and four miles (six kilometres) southwest of Maybole. It takes its name from its kirk (church), dedicated to Oswald of Northumbria, who is said to have won a battle here in the 7th century.
Kirkoswald may refer to: Kirkoswald, Cumbria, a civil parish and village in the District of Eden, England; Kirkoswald, South Ayrshire, a village in South Ayrshire ...
Kirkoswald is a civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England.It contains 57 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England.Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, seven are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade.
Hugh de Morville (died 1202) Baron of Burgh, Lord of Kirkoswald, was an English noble. [1]He was the only son of Simon de Morville and Ada d’Engaine. He succeeded to his father’s estates and later his mother’s more significant inheritance.
Staffield is a hamlet and former civil parish 12 miles (19 km) from Carlisle, now in the parish of Kirkoswald, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the county of Cumbria, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 193.
Kirkoswald Castle is located to the southeast of the village of Kirkoswald, Cumbria, England. It is built from Penrith red sandstone and is still partially standing.
The son of John Benson and Isabella Robinson, his wife, he was born on 26 January 1749, in the parish of Kirkoswald, Cumberland. His father wished him to become a clergyman, sent him to the village school, and then was under a Mr. Dean, a Presbyterian minister living in the parish. [1] Aged 15, Benson opened a small school in Gamblesby. A ...