Hawkesdale, Cumberland

Description
Hawkesdale, a township in Dalston parish, Cumberland, on the river Caldew, 6 1/2 miles SSW of Carlisle, and 1 1/2 mile from Dalston station on the Maryport and Carlisle railway. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Dalston. Rose Castle stands in a beautiful valley through which flows the river Caldew, and is the residence of the Bishop of Carlisle. It is supposed to have been the chief residence of the bishops of Carlisle since 1248; it has been twice burned down-in 1332 by the Scots, and during the Civil War in 1648. After the Restoration it was rebuilt and improved by different prelates, and thoroughly remodelled by Bishop Percy during the 19th century. Hawkesdale Hall belonged to Nicolson the antiquary, and passed to the Watts family.