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According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,143. The village is about 6 miles west of Carlisle .


HISTORY


Hadrian's Wall runs through the village, and the site once situated a Roman fort.

Edward I , On his way to wage war against the Scots, died on the marshes of Burgh and lay in state at the village's 12th century church until his removal to Westminster Abbey


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