In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Corney like this:
CORNEY, a parish in Bootle district, Cumberland; on the Furness railway, 2 miles N of Bootle r. station, and 4 SSE of Ravenglass. Post town, Bootle, under Whitehaven. Acres, 3, 890. Real property, £2, 294-Pop., 256. Houses, 51. The property is much divided. The living is a rectory in the dio. of Carlisle. Value, £140. Patron, the Earl of Lonsdale. The church is old.
Corney through time
Corney is now part of Copeland district. Click here for graphs and data of how Copeland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Corney itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Corney, in Copeland and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1550
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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