Brunstock is a hamlet in the civil parish of Stanwix Rural, in the Carlisle district, in the county of Cumbria, England. Circa 1870, the township had a population of 84 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.

History

The name "Brunstock" may mean 'Brun's farmstead", 'Brun's field-path', 'Brun's boundary-post', 'the farm by the burn', 'the field path by the burn' or 'the post by the burn'. Brunstock was "Brumescheyd" in 1124, "Brunescayd" in 1240, "Brunschaith" in 1250, "Bruneskayth" in 1253, "Brunscaith" in 1276, "Brunestach" in 1281, "Brunskeyt", "Brumskeyt" and "Brumschayt" in 1292, "Brunskayth" and "Brunschath" in 1318, "Brunskaith" in 1332, "Brunscayth" in 1345, "Burnscath" in 1422, "litillburnscath'" in 1424, "Bronnsketh" or "Bronsketh" in 1498, "Brunskath" in 1509, "Bronsketh mylne" in 1563, "Bronskewgh" in 1564, "Bruscath flu" in 1576, "Brunscathhead" in 1603, "Brunskathe Becke" and "Brunskaythe Beck" in 1609, "Brunskugh Beck" and "Brunskeugh Beck" in 1610, "Brunstock" in 1662, "Brunstock" or "Brunskeugh" in 1687, "Brim Stock" in 1710, "Brinstock" in 1714.

Location

It is a few miles away from the small city of Carlisle and near the River Eden, there is also Brunstock Beck nearby.

Nearby settlements

Nearby settlements include the city of Carlisle, the commuter village of Houghton, the hamlets of Linstock, Whiteclosegate, Tarraby and Park Broom.

Transport

For transport there is the A689 road about an eighth of a mile away and the B6264 and M6 motorway nearby. There is also the Carlisle railway station a few miles away, which is on the Settle-Carlisle Line.