Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LONGBURGH

LONGBURGH, a township in Burgh-by-Sands parish, Cumberland; on the Carlisle and Silloth railway, 6 miles WNW of Carlisle. It contains the hamlets of Dykesfield and Shield. Real property, £1,408. Pop., 146. Houses, 28.


(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: Burgh By Sands CP/AP       Cumberland AncC
Place: Longburgh

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