[1] The site also had a manor owned by the Bavin family, who gave it to Lanercost Priory after three generations of ownership.

[2] By 1831, Cumwhinton was a joint township with nearby Cotehill, also in Wetheral parish, and had a population of 472.

Cumwhinton Primary School provides educational facilities for children in the village.

[6] The station was designed by the Midland Railway company architect John Holloway Sanders.

[7] The station building, which dates from 1875 and remains in use as a private dwelling (the platforms and former waiting shelter also survive), was Grade II listed in 1984.