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Highlaws
Highlaws
	Farm buildings at Highlaws
	Highlaws Location in Allerdale, Cumbria Highlaws Location within Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY141497
Civil parish	Holme Abbey;
District	Allerdale;
Shire county	Cumbria;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WIGTON
Postcode district	CA7
Dialling code	016973
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Workington;
	List of places UK England Cumbria 54°50′06″N 3°20′10″W / 54.835°N 3.336°W

Highlaws is a hamlet in the civil parish of Holme Abbey in Cumbria, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately two-and-a-quarter miles south-west of Abbeytown, one-and-a-half miles east of Pelutho, and one mile to the north of Aldoth. Other nearby settlements include Mawbray, four-and-a-quarter miles to the south-west, Blitterlees, three miles to the north-west, Blackdyke, two-and-a-quarter miles due north, and Foulsyke. Carlisle, Cumbria's county town, is located twenty miles to the north-east.^[1]

History and etymology

The name of Highlaws comes from the Old English hēah-hlāw, meaning "high mounds". In the past, variant spellings included Heelawes, Hielawes, Highlows, Hielows, and Hylaws.^[2]

The hamlet appears in a survey of Holm Cultram dating back to the year 1538, during the reign of Henry VIII. There were at least thirteen families resident in Highlaws at that time.^[3]

References

^ "Google Maps - location of Highlaws". Retrieved 26 July 2015.
^ Holme St. Cuthbert History Group (2004). Plain People: Bygone Times on the Solway Plain. ISBN 0954882318.
^ "HStChg: digitised copy of 1538 survey of Holm Cultram (download in .rtf format)". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

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[1] "Google Maps - location of Highlaws". Retrieved 26 July 2015.

[2] Holme St. Cuthbert History Group (2004). Plain People: Bygone Times on the Solway Plain. ISBN 0954882318.

[3] "HStChg: digitised copy of 1538 survey of Holm Cultram (download in .rtf format)". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

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