Place:


Brayton  Cumberland

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Brayton like this:

BRAYTON, a village in Aspatria parish, Cumberland; adjacent to the Carlisle and-Maryport railway, 2 miles E by N of Aspatria. It has a station on the railway. Brayton Hall, in the vicinity, is the seat of Sir W. Lawson, Bart.

Additional information about this locality is available for Aspatria

Brayton through time

Brayton is now part of Allerdale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Allerdale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Brayton itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Brayton, in Allerdale and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24910

Date accessed: 04th May 2024


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