Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DOVENBY

DOVENBY, a township in Bridekirk parish, Cumberland; 3 miles NW of Cockermouth. Acres, 1,886. Pop., 272. An Independent chapel was built in 1869.


(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: Bridekirk CP/AP       Dovenby CP/Tn       Cumberland AncC
Place: Dovenby

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