A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
WEST WARD, a district in Westmoreland; comprising Morland and Lowther sub-districts. Acres, 120,523. Poor rates in 1863, £3,591. Pop. in 1851, 8,155; in 1861, 8,072. Houses, 1,596. Marriages in 1863, 59; births, 230,-of which 30 were illegitimate; deaths, 145, -of which 35 were at ages under 5 years, and 6 at ages above 85. Marriages in the ten years 1851-60, 427; births, 2,350; deaths, 1,484. The places of worship, in 1851, were 15 of the Church of England, with 3,892 sittings: 2 of Quakers, with 260 s.; 4 of Wesleyans, with 419 s.; and 1 of the Wesleyan Association, with 140 s. The schools were 30 public day-schools, with 982 scholars; 12 private day-schools, with 228 s.; 19 Sunday schools, with 905 s.; and 1 evening school for adults, with 4 s. The workhouse is in Barton parish.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | West Ward RegD/PLU Westmorland AncC |
| Place: | West Ward |
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