Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HAWES

HAWES, a township in Bassenthwaite parish, Cumberland; on Bassenthwaite water, 6 miles E of Cockermouth. A chapel was founded and endowed here in 1471.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bassenthwaite CP/AP       Cumberland AncC

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