Monkhill, Cumbria

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  • Beaumont
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  • City of Carlisle
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  • Cumbria
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54°55′05″N 3°01′30″W / 54.918°N 3.025°W / 54.918; -3.025

Monkhill is a small village in the civil parish of Beaumont, in the City of Carlisle district, in the county of Cumbria, England. Nearby settlements include the small city of Carlisle and the villages of Burgh by Sands and Kirkandrews-on-Eden. Monkhill has a pub called the Drovers Rest Inn and a Methodist Chapel with adjoining School Room which holds local village events. The village is situated on the course of a vallum associated with Hadrian's Wall and is near the narrowest point of the River Eden, the site was a crossing point for Roman troops, Scottish border raiders, and cattle drovers. Monkhill, today, is a quiet little hamlet.[1][2]

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References

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  1. ^ "Drovers Rest Inn, Monkhill, Cumbria, CA5 6DB - pub details #". Beerintheevening.com. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Monkhill, Cumbria". Thecumbriadirectory.com. Retrieved 10 August 2011.


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