- Watchill
Watchill is a hamlet in the parish of
Allhallows, Cumbria . The parish had 538 recorded residents in the 2001 census. Watchhill is cited near the highest point in the parish, most of the houses fronting the B5299 road from Caldbeck Common toAspatria . It is so named because it once housed a beacon allowing residents to be alerted to raiders stealing cattle. In the days of theborder reivers such warnings were vital, and allowed cattle and people to be protected in the nearbypele tower atHarbybrow .External links
* [http://mapping.allerdale.gov.uk/planaccessgui25/planaccessgui2.html?easting=320650&northing=542944&zoom=480&title=Fletchertown Map linked to Allerdale Council site]
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