A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
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.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Beckermet St Bridget CP/AP Whitehaven RegD/PLU Cumberland AncC |
| Place: | Beckermet St Bridget |
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