WARWICK, Cumberland - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"WARWICK, a parish partly in the ward of Eskdale, and partly in that of Cumberland, county Cumberland, 4 miles N.E. of Carlisle, its post town, and 6 from Brampton. The village is situated on the western bank of the river Eden, near its confluence with the Irthing. The former stream is here crossed by a stone bridge of three arches. The parish includes the townships of Aglionby and Little Corby. This place was the site of the ancient Virosidum, where the sixth cohort of the Nervii was stationed. In the vicinity are some Roman earthworks. The soil consists of sand and loam. The living is a perpetual car, annexed to that of Wetheral, in the diocese of Carlisle. The church was once a rectory belonging to the Abbey of St. Mary, at York. Warwick Hall is the principal residence." "AGLIONBY, a township in the parish of Warwick, in the ward and county of Cumberland, 3 miles to the E. of Carlisle." "LITTLE CORBY, a township in the parish of Warwick, Eskdale ward, in the county of Cumberland, adjoining Great Corby. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Eden and Irthing"

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