Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WABERTHWAITE

WABERTHWAITE, a parish in Bootle district, Cumberland; 1½ mile S by E of Ravenglass r. station. It has a post-office under Whitehaven. Acres, 1,901. Real property, £1,162. Pop., 198. Houses, 42. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £131.* Patron, Lord Muncaster. The church is good. Charities, £5.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Waberthwaite CP/AP       Bootle RegD/PLU       Cumberland AncC
Place: Waberthwaite

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