Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Irton

Irton.-- par. and hamlet (ry. sta. Irton Road), Cumberland, on river Irt, 4 m. NE. of Ravenglass, 6180 ac. (including part of St Bees), pop. 602; has granite quarries; contains the seats of Irton Hall and Irton House.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Irton Tn/CP/AP       Cumberland AncC
Place: Irton

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