Rickerby Park
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River Eden, Cumbria
The River Eden is a river that flows through Cumbria, England on its way to the Solway Firth.-Course of river:The Eden rises in Black Fell Moss, Mallerstang, on the high ground between High Seat, Yorkshire Dales and Hugh Seat. Here it forms the boundary between the counties of Cumbria and North...
. It is the venue for the annual Cumberland
Cumberland
Cumberland is a historic county of North West England, on the border with Scotland, from the 12th century until 1974. It formed an administrative county from 1889 to 1974 and now forms part of Cumbria....
County Show. Nearby is Rickerby Hall and the village of Rickerby
Rickerby
Rickerby is a village in the parish of Stanwix Rural, in the City of Carlisle District, in the county of Cumbria, England, United Kingdom. It is situated near Carlisle, next to the River Eden. The property belonged to Richard de Tilliol of Scaleby Castle, whose descendant Adam de Rickerby resided...
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History
The manor of Rickerby has been owned by the a number of families, specifically the Tilliols,Rickerbys,Pickerings, Westons, Musgraves, Studholmes, Gilpins, Richardsons, and Grahams.In the 19th century it was owned by the banker, George Head Head
George Head Head
George Head Head was a mayor, magistrate, banker in Carlisle. The bank was started by his father, but was improved and rebuilt in his lifetime. He attended an important convention in 1840 on Anti-Slavery, where a painting records his involvement....
. In 1876, George Head Head died and Mile MacInnees, a justice of the Peace, succeeded to the 940 acres (3.8 km²) of Rickerby
Rickerby
Rickerby is a village in the parish of Stanwix Rural, in the City of Carlisle District, in the county of Cumbria, England, United Kingdom. It is situated near Carlisle, next to the River Eden. The property belonged to Richard de Tilliol of Scaleby Castle, whose descendant Adam de Rickerby resided...
where he owned all the land.