Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for YANWATH-WITH-EAMONT-BRIDGE

YANWATH-WITH-EAMONT-BRIDGE, a township in Barton parish, Westmoreland; on the river Eamont, 1½ mile SSE of Penrith. It contains West Ward workhouse. Acres, 1,169. Real property £2,524. Pop. in 1861, 381; of whom 53 were in the workhouse. house s, 64.


(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: Barton CP       Westmorland AncC
Place: Yanwath

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