A Cumbrian (Beatrix Potter country, Lake District) dialect word for a sound, resolute man of good character. The term dates back to the annals of the 8th Earl of Workington (1311-1402), the first Stirk of Stirk. In those days there were many cross border raids where the Picts and the Scots would come down from the north laying waste to all in their path, stealing the cattle, the grain, and many of the local women. The 8th Earl organised patrols along what was left of Hadrian's Wall and organised the local yeomen (free men) into fighting forces and for a period the border raids were resisted and repelled. So peaceful was it for the duration of the lifetime of the 8th Earl that the farmers east of Carlisle prospered to such an extent that they called their homeland Eden Vale for it brought forth plenty. In 1403, a year after the death of the extremely aged earl, a huge memorial was erected in his honour at Lanercost Priory. No one knows why, but the hugely elaborate monument bore just the simple inscription "Truly this man was the Stirk of Stirk." Unfortunately, when the priory was dissolved in 1536 under the orders of Henry VIII, the monument was destroyed along with many of the other buildings.
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