Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STRANDS

STRANDS, a village in the S of Cumberland; on the river Irt, 1 mile from the foot of Wastwater, and 6½ NE of Ravenglass. It has two inns, and hires out boats for sailing on the Lake.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Cumberland AncC
Place: Wasdale

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