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and from Thursby by the same way through the middle of the 
town of Thursby to Waspatrick wath, ascending by the Water of 
Wampole to the place where Shawk falls into Wampole, and from 
thence going up straight to the Head of Rowland Beck ; and from 
that place descending to the Water of Caldbeck ; and so down by 
that Water to the place where Caldbeck falls into the Caldew. 
And so up to Gyrgwath; and so by the highway of Sourby unto 
Stanewath, under the Castle of Sourby ; and so by the highway up 
to Mabil Cross; and so to the Hill of Kenwathen, going down by 
the said highway through the middle of the town of Alleynby (now 
Ellonby), and so by the same way through the middle of the town 
of Blencowe ; and so by the same way unto Palat; and so going 
down by the same way unto the bridge of Amote (now Eamont 
Bridge); and so from that bridge going down by the bank of 
Amote unto Eden ; and so descending by the water of Eden unto 
the place where Caldew falls into Eden; and from that place to 
the bridge of Caldew aforesaid, without the gate of the city of 
Carlisle.” 
Thus it will be observed that the Forest comprehended all 
that large and now fertile tract of country extending westward from 
Carlisle by Thursby to Westward, and thence to Caldbeck, Castle 
Sowerby, Mabil Cross, Blencowe, and Penrith, whence its boundary 
extends along the Eamont to the Eden, which constitutes its 
eastern limit, all the way northward to Carlisle, where it terminates 
in a point as at Westward ; and the confluence of the Eamont and. 
Eden, forming a sort of triangle, two sides of which are more than 
twenty miles in length, and one side twelve miles. It was divided 
into two Wards: the High Ward, from Penrith to Hesket; and 
the Low Ward, thence to Carlisle. 
The Scots, who were dispossessed of this great Forest by 
William II., were very loath to relinquish their claim, and they 
several times regained it; but in 1237, Alexander II., King of 
Scotland, at a conference held in York, gave it up, together with 
all the forfeited estates possessed by the Scots in Cumberland and 
other northern counties. 
In the eighth year of Edward II., Edward de Brus, brother of 
