Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BRACKENTHWAITE

BRACKENTHWAITE, a township in Lorton chapelry, Cumberland; between Grisedale-Pike and Lowes water, 5 miles S of Cockermouth r. station. Acres. 2,478. Real property, £1,172. Pop., 1155. Houses, 25.


(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: Cumberland AncC
Place: Brackenthwaite

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