Boustead Hill

Boustead Hill is a hamlet situated by the Solway Firth in Cumbria, it stands on high ground around Burgh Marsh. The settlement is located about 2 miles west of the village of Burgh-by-Sands and 7 miles north-west of Carlisle. Boustead Hill House here, dates from the early 19th century and is Grade II listed on the National Heritage List for England.^[1] At the north of Boustead Hill is a bridge over what is now the Hadrian's Wall Path national trail. Notably, this was originally a drawbridge over the Carlisle Canal, which opened in 1823. After the canal closed in 1853, it was altered and heightened to become a railway bridge for the Port Carlisle Railway. The bridge is Grade II listed.^[2] There is also an old canal mile marker in a private garden near the bridge. Historically, Boustead Hill was a township in the ancient parish of Burgh-upon-the-Sands in Cumbria. Today it forms part of Burgh by Sands Civil Parish.

BOUSTEAD-HILL, a township, in the parish of Burgh-upon-the-Sands, union of Carlisle, Cumberland ward, and E. division of Cumberland, 7½ miles (W.N.W.) from Carlisle; containing 74 inhabitants.

Extract from: A Topographical Dictionary of England comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships..... 7th Edition, by Samuel Lewis, London, 1848.