King Water

King Water is a river in the north of Cumbria, England. [Philip's Motorist's Atlas: 2004, Octopus Publishing Group, London, England] The Brampton Angling Association has a long term let from the Earl of Carlisle for fishing rights on a portion of the River Irthing and part of the King Water. [ [http://www.bramptonangling.plus.com/Memorandum%20of%20Agreement.htm 1891 River Agreement between the Earl of Carlisle and the Bramption Angling Association] ] The course of Hadrian's Wall crosses the King Water near the village of Walton. This wall and its recordings forms the earliest written history of the local vicinity. The length of Hadrian's Wall is approximately 117 kilometres, spanning the width of Britain; the wall incorporated Agricola's Ditch [ [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=18177 C.Michael Hogan (2007) "Hadrian's Wall", ed. Andy Burnham, The Megalithic Portal] ] and was built primarily to prevent harrying by small bands of raiders and unwanted immigrants from the north, not as a fighting front to defend a significant invasion. [Stephen Johnson (2004) "Hadrian's Wall", Sterling Publishing Company, Inc, 128 pages, ISBN 0713488409]

ee also

* Hadrian's Wall
* Walton, Cumbria

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