KIRK-ANDREWS-UPON-ESK, Cumberland - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"KIRK-ANDREWS-UPON-ESK, a parish in the ward of Eskdale, county Cumberland, 2½ miles N. of Longtown, its post town. It is a large parish, extending in a N.W. direction to the Solway Frith, a distance of nearly 20 miles. The rivers Liddel, Kershope, and Sark, separate it from Scotland. It is divided into three divisions, called the Middle, Moat, and Nether, and contains the chapelry of Nichol-Forest. The Caledonian railway traverses the parish, and has a station at Gretna. Over the Esk are two bridges, one of which, at Garristown, is of cast-iron, and there are two stone bridges over the river Sark. In this parish is included Solway Moss, where the Scots were defeated in 1745, also at Esk Bridge the Duke of Cumberland defeated a party of rebels. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle, value £854. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is an ancient stone structure, erected in 1637 on the site of a much older one. There is also a district church at Nichol-Forest, the living of which is a perpetual curacy, value £132, in the patronage of the rector. Sir J. R. G. Graham, Bart., is lord of the manor and principal landowner." "KIRK-ANDREWS MIDDLE QUARTER, a township in the parish of Kirk-Andrews-upon-Esk, ward of Eskdale, county Cumberland. See Kirk-Andrews-upon-Esk." "KIRK-ANDREWS NETHER QUARTER, a township in the parish of Kirk-Andrews-upon-Esk, ward of Eskdale, county Cumberland. This township, lying between the rivers Sark and Esk, comprises Solway Moss and a portion of the once debateable lands. See Kirk-Andrews-upon-Esk." "MOAT QUARTER, a township in the parish of Kirk-Andrews-upon-Esk, ward of Eskdale, county Cumberland, 3½ miles N. of Longtown. It is situated on the river Liddell, on whose banks are the ruins of the old moated tower called Liddell's Strength. It several times fell into the power of the Scots, and on one occasion was taken by David, King of Scotland, who caused the two sons of the governor, Sir Walter Selby, to be strangled."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]