CUMREW, a parish in ESKDALE ward, county of
CUMBERLAND, 6 miles (N.) from Kirk-Oswald, comprising
the townships of Cumrew-Inside and Cumrew-
Outside, the former containing 148, and the latter 83,
inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the
archdeaconry and diocese of Carlisle, endowed with
£ 600 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Dean
and Chapter of Carlisle. It is bounded on the east by
the river Gelt, and near it are the ruins of a large
castle, formerly belonging to the Dacres; there are also
several cairns, one of which, Carduneth, on the summit
of a hill, is of immense size.