Place:Bewcastle, Cumberland, England

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NameBewcastle
Alt namesBothecastellsource: Oxford: English Place Names (1960) p 40
Bothecastersource: Oxford: English Place Names (1960) p 40
Buchecastresource: Oxford: English Place Names (1960) p 40
Buecastlesource: Bewcastle (1996) accessed 02/05/2001
Fanum Cocidiisource: Athena, Romano-British Sites [online] (2000) accessed 5 February 2001
Fanumcociumsource: Romano-British Placenames [online] (1999) accessed 16 August 2004
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates55.05°N 2.7°W
Located inCumberland, England
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Bewcastle is a large civil parish in the City of Carlisle district of Cumbria, England. It is in the historic county of Cumberland.

According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 411, reducing to 391 at the 2011 Census. The parish is large and includes the settlements of Roadhead and Sleetbeck. To the north the parish extends to the border with Scotland. To the east the parish bounds Northumberland.

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