# Stanwix > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Stanwix > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Stanwix.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanwix > Source revision: 1307145226 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|District of Carlisle, Cumbria, England}} {{About|the place in England|the place in the United States|Stanwix, Arizona}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Use British English|date=December 2017}} {{More citations needed|date=January 2008}} '''Stanwix''' is a district of [Carlisle, Cumbria](/source/Carlisle%2C_Cumbria) in [North West England](/source/North_West_England). The ward population (called Stanwix Urban) had a population taken at the [2011 census](/source/United_Kingdom_Census_2011) of 5,934.{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13691177&c=CA3+0PF&d=14&e=62&g=6411755&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1435226508938&enc=1|title=Carlisle ward population 2011|access-date=25 June 2015}} It is located on the north side of [River Eden](/source/River_Eden%2C_Cumbria), across from Carlisle city centre. Although long counted as a suburb it did not officially become part of the city until 1912 when part of the [civil parish](/source/civil_parish) of Stanwix became part of the parish, city and [municipal borough](/source/municipal_borough) of [Carlisle](/source/County_Borough_of_Carlisle). Further areas were added to the city, which was by then a [county borough](/source/county_borough), in 1934 and 1951. The remaining part of the parish was eventually renamed [Stanwix Rural](/source/Stanwix_Rural) in 1966.{{cite book |last=Youngs |first= Frederic A Jr. |title=Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol.2: Northern England |year=1991 |publisher=[Royal Historical Society](/source/Royal_Historical_Society) |location=London |isbn=0-86193-127-0 |page=59}} ==Toponymy== 'Stanwix' means " 'stone wall(s)', v. 'stǣna', 'wag' or 'veggr'{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} 'Stǣna' is [Old English](/source/Old_English) and 'veggr' is [Old Norse](/source/Old_Norse) and cognate with [Old English](/source/Old_English) 'wag'. Stanwix is built on the site of a [Roman](/source/Roman_Empire) fort known as [Uxelodunum](/source/Uxelodunum) or Petriana, the former meaning "high fort". "[Dun](/source/Dun_(fortification))" is a Celtic word for fort which is to be found in many place-names.[http://www.universalis.fr/encyclopedie/T304044/UXELLODUNUM.htm Encyclopedia universalis] {{in lang|fr}} ==Location== The former village of Stanwix was centred on its church of St Michael's[http://www.stanwixchurch.org church website] at the top of a steep bank rising from the river Eden, close to the junction of the main road north (now the [A7](/source/A7_road_(Great_Britain))) with the road to the east (now the [B6264](/source/B6264_road)). The area around the church is built on the site of the fort of [Uxelodunum](/source/Uxelodunum) (a linear earthwork at the southern end of the churchyard appears to reflect the line of the southern defences). thumb|St Michael's Church, Stanwix The fort was the largest on [Hadrian's Wall](/source/Hadrian's_Wall), which adjoined the northwest edge of the fort. The course of Hadrian's Wall runs through the suburb.{{National Heritage List for England|num=1017948|desc=Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Wall Knowe and Scotland Road including the Roman fort |access-date=19 January 2022}} Probably most of the Roman masonry was taken to construct other buildings. However, in 2017 a [bathhouse](/source/Thermae) was discovered at Carlisle Cricket Club's Edenside ground.{{Cite web |title=Carlisle Roman Bathhouse |url=https://hadrianswallcountry.co.uk/media/news/excavation-carlisle-roman-bathhouse-secures-national-lottery-funding-support}} This facility is believed to have been for the use of the fort or possibly a [mansio](/source/mansio). In the mid nineteenth century the district grew with many large houses built for Carlisle's expanding middle classes.{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}} Today Stanwix includes the areas of Edentown, Whiteclosegate, St Anne's Hill and [Belah](/source/Belah). ==Notable buildings== Near the church today is a small [parade of shops](/source/parade_of_shops) and other businesses.{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}} [Morrisons](/source/Morrisons) and [Aldi](/source/Aldi) [supermarkets](/source/supermarkets) and a [Sainsbury's](/source/Sainsbury's) Local store are located in the area as well.{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}} A little further north at Kingstown is a large [Asda](/source/Asda) superstore.{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}} The [University of Cumbria](/source/University_of_Cumbria) has a campus on Brampton Road (formerly the main campus of the [Cumbria Institute of the Arts](/source/Cumbria_Institute_of_the_Arts)).{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}} There is also a [Roman Catholic](/source/Roman_Catholic) [private school](/source/private_school) called [Austin Friars St Monica's School](/source/Austin_Friars_St_Monica's_School) located at St. Anne's Hill.{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}} A single bridge, the [grade I listed](/source/Listed_building) Eden Bridge designed by [Robert Smirke](/source/Robert_Smirke_(architect)),{{National Heritage List for England|num=1297364|desc=Eden Bridge |access-date=19 January 2022}} crosses the [River Eden](/source/River_Eden%2C_Cumbria) to connect Stanwix and other northern reaches of the district to Carlisle city centre. Numerous households in low-lying areas in Stanwix were badly affected by the flooding of the River Eden during the Carlisle Floods of January 2005.{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}} The main road running northwards through Stanwix is Scotland Road, and until 2012 had the dubious distinction of carrying the same daily volume of traffic as the nearby M6 motorway.{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}} In 2012 the "northern relief road" opened, around the north-west of Carlisle, which should ease congestion. ==External links== *[http://www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/township/stanwix Cumbria County History Trust: Stanwix] (nb: provisional research only - see Talk page) ==References== {{Reflist}} {{portal|Cumbria}} {{coord|54|54|N|2|56|W|display=title|region:GB_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}} Category:Areas of Carlisle, Cumbria Category:Roman sites in Cumbria --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Stanwix](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanwix) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanwix?action=history)). 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