In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Beckermet St Bridget like this:
BECKERMET-ST. BRIDGET, a parish in Whitehaven district, Cumberland; on the coast and on the Whitehaven and Furness railway, from Beckermet township south-eastward to the vicinity of Calder-bridge. Post Town, Beckermet, under Whitehaven. Acres, 5,025; of which 377 are water. Rated property, £3,909. ...
Pop., 657. Houses, 126. The property is much subdivided. Freestone is quarried. The living is a vicarage, united to the p. curacy of Calder-Bridge, in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £127. Patron, Captain Irwin. The church is old and lonely, and now used merely. for marriages and burials; and a new church at Calder-Bridge is attended by the inhabitants.
Beckermet St Bridget through time
Beckermet St Bridget is now part of Copeland district. Click here for graphs and data of how Copeland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Beckermet St Bridget itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Beckermet St Bridget, in Copeland and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4587
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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