WARWICK is a parish, consisting of the township of Warwick and Aglionby. The village of Warwick is pleasantly seated on the banks of the river Eden, 1 mile north from Wetheral station on the North British railway and 4 east from Carlisle, in the Northern division of the county, Cumberland ward and petty sessional division, union and county court district of Carlisle, rural deanery of Carlisle South, and archdeaconry and diocese of Carlisle. The Eden is here crossed by a handsome stone bridge of three arches. The church of St. Leonard, anciently known as Warthewick chapel, was given in 1088 by Ranulph de Meschines to the Abbey of St. Mary at York; but after the Dissolution it was granted by Henry VIII. to the Dean and Chapter of Carlisle, who are still the pations of the living. About 1870 it was entirely restored at a cost of £1,100, and now consists of chancel, with semicircular apse, and nave; the apse is divided externally into 13 compartments or niches by spuare pilasters, three of these niches being pierced for light with very narrow openings; the existing triplet of windows is filled with stained glass; at the west end there is a very fine Early Norman arch of two orders, originally opening into a narthex, the foundations of which still exist: there are 143 sittings. The register dates from the year 1684. The living is a rectory, annexed to that of Wetheral, joint net yearly value £261 (and £120 for a curate), with 47 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Carlisle, and held since 1861 by the Rev. William Blake M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, who resides at Wetheral. Here is a Wesleyan chapel, erected in 1847, with sittings for 150 persons. Near the foot of an eminence in this neighbourhood, called “Warwick Knowe,” are the remains of extensive earthworks. Warwick Hall, the property of Thomas Holme Parker esq. D.L., J.P. and now the residence of J. Carter-Wood esq. is a good mansion pleasantly situated on the river Eden, and in a park of 200 acres; here Prince Charles Edward is said to have been entertained previous to his march on Carlisle, which surrendered to him 14th November, 1745. Warwick was by the Saxons called “Warnckwick,” and by the Normans “Warthwick”; it is a dependent manor of the barony of Gilsland Thomas Holme Parker esq. is lord of the manor and the principal landowner. The soil is fertile, generally consisting of sand or loam. The chief crops are oats, turnips and potatoes. The area of Warwick and Aglionby is 1,815 acres of land and 43 of water; rateable value, £3,513; the population in 1891 was 269.

British School, Warwick (mixed), erected in 1847, for 120 children; average attendance, 56.