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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Village in Cumbria, England}}<br />
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{{Infobox UK place<br />
| country = England<br />
| static_image_name = Houghton village green - geograph.org.uk - 248391.jpg<br />
| static_image_caption = Houghton village green<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|54.925|-2.924|display=inline,title}}<br />
| official_name = Houghton<br />
| population = 1168<br />
| population_ref = (2018 estimate)<br />
| area_total_km2 = 0.378<br />
| civil_parish = [[Stanwix Rural]]<br />
| unitary_england = [[Cumberland (unitary authority)|Cumberland]]<br />
| lieutenancy_england = [[Cumbria]]<br />
| region = North West England<br />
| constituency_westminster = [[Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency)|Carlisle]]<br />
| post_town = CARLISLE<br />
| postcode_district = CA3<br />
| postcode_area = CA<br />
| dial_code = 01228<br />
| os_grid_reference = NY407593<br />
| pushpin_map = United Kingdom City of Carlisle<br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the [[City of Carlisle]] district, [[Cumbria]]<br />
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'''Houghton''' is a village to the north of [[Carlisle, Cumbria|Carlisle]] in [[Cumberland (unitary authority)|Cumberland]], [[Cumbria]], England. It is the largest settlement in the [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] of [[Stanwix Rural]]. [[Hadrian's Wall]] runs past the village to the south along past [[Whiteclosegate]]. In 2018, it had an estimated population of 1,168.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://citypopulation.de/en/uk/northwestengland/cumbria/E35000376__houghton/|title=Houghton|publisher=City Population De|accessdate=1 October 2020}}</ref> In the [[Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales]] of 1870-72 the [[Township (England)|township]] had a population of 369.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21475|title=History of Houghton, in Carlisle and Cumberland|publisher=[[A Vision of Britain through Time]]|accessdate=1 October 2020}}</ref><br />
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A large [[garden centre]] has opened in the grounds of Houghton Hall,<ref name="garden">Donald, Caroline. [http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/gardens/article3889802.ece "The new garden at Houghton Hall, King's Lynn, Norfolk,"]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} ''The Times'' (London). 11 May 2008.</ref> a grade II [[listed building|listed]] structure.<br />
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==See also==<br />
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*[[Listed buildings in Stanwix Rural]]<br />
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village Houghton (which is about 3km north of middle of city Carlisle in England, Cumbria) found about 2km south-east of middle of village Harker in Cumbria, England, UK (which is about 4km north of city Carlisle in England, Cumbria) --><br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/township/stanwix Cumbria County History Trust: Stanwix] (nb: provisional research only - see Talk page)<br />
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