We could not match "STANWIX" in our simplified list of the main towns and villages, or as a postcode. There are several other ways of finding places within Vision of Britain, so read on for detailed advice and 15 possible matches we have found for you:

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  Unit Name	Type of Unit	Containing Unit (and Type)
  STANWIX LG_Ward	Parish-level Unit	CARLISLE MB/CB (Local Government District)

  It may also be worth using "sound-alike" and wildcard searching to find units with names similar to your search term:
  
  



• If you are looking for hills, rivers, castles ... or pretty much anything other than the "places" where people live and lived, you need to look in our collection of Historical Gazetteers. This contains the complete text of three gazetteers published in the late 19th century — over 90,000 entries. Although there are no descriptive gazetteer entries for placenames exactly matching your search term (other than those already linked to "places"), the following entries mention "STANWIX":

  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  Cargo	Cumberland	Cargo , township, Stanwix par., E. Cumberland, on river Eden, 3 miles NW. of Carlisle.	Bartholomew
  CARGO, or Craghow	Cumberland	Stanwix parish, Cumberland; on the river Eden, adjacent to the Silloth railway, 3 miles NW of Carlisle. Acres, 1,196. Real	Imperial
  CARLISLE	Cumberland	Stanwix, containing the parishes of Stanwix and Rockliffe, and the extra-parochial tract of King-Moor; the subdistrict of Burgh	Imperial
  Etterby	Cumberland	Etterby , hamlet, Stanwix par., E. Cumberland, on river Eden, 1½ mile NW. of Carlisle.	Bartholomew
  ETTERBY	Cumberland	Stanwix parish, Cumberland; on the river Eden, near the Carlisle and Silloth railway, 1 mile NW of Carlisle. Acres, 297. Real	Imperial
  Houghton	Cumberland	dist. and vil., King Moor and Stanwix pars., E. Cumberland - dist., pop. 818; vil., 2½ miles NE. of Carlisle; P.O.	Bartholomew
  HOUGHTON	Cumberland	Stanwix parish, and a chapelry including also Kingmoor extra-parochial tract, Cumberland. The township lies on an affluent of the river	Imperial
  Linstock	Cumberland	Linstock , hamlet, Stanwix par., Cumberland, on river Eden, 2½ miles NE. of Carlisle; has ruins of Linstock Castle .	Bartholomew
  LINSTOCK	Cumberland	Stanwix parish, Cumberland; on the river Eden, 2½ miles NE of Carlisle. Acres, 1,133. Real property, £1,789. Pop., 205. Houses	Imperial
  RICKERBY	Cumberland	Stanwix parish, Cumberland; on the river Eden, 1½ mile N E of Carlisle. Acres, 560. Real property, £1, 457. Pop., 97. Houses	Imperial
  STAINTON	Cumberland	Stanwix parish, Cumberland; on the river Eden, 1½ mile NW of Carlisle. Acres, 585. Real property, £1,281; of which	Imperial
  Stanwix	Cumberland	Stanwix , par., Cumberland, on N. side of Carlisle, 6251 ac. (164 water), pop. 2877; P.O.	Bartholomew
  STANWIX	Cumberland	STANWIX , a village, a township, a parish, and a sub-district, in Carlisle district, Cumberland. The village is suburban to Carlisle	Imperial
  TARRABY	Cumberland	Stanwix parish, Cumberland; 1½ mile NE by N of Carlisle. Acres, 484. Real property, £1,121. Pop., 106. Houses	Imperial

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• Place-names also appear in our collection of British travel writing. If the place-name you are interested in appears in our simplified list of "places", the search you have just done should lead you to mentions by travellers. However, many other places are mentioned, including places outside Britain and weird mis-spellings. You can search for them in the Travel Writing section of this site.



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