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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 EXTERNAL LINKS |