Irthington is a village and civil parish within the City of Carlisle district. The name Irthington derives from Old English and means farmstead or village on the river Irthing. Irthington lies on top of the line of the Roman Stanegate road which preceded Hadrian's Wall and ran from Corbridge west to Carlisle. Some of the building stone used in the south wall of the church of St Kentigern's chancel is thought to come from Hadrian's Wall, which ran less than 1km to the northwest of the village, though its stone locally has been robbed.