Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RICKERGATE

RICKERGATE, a township in Carlisle, St. Mary parish, Cumberland; within Carlisle city. Acres, 290. Pop.in 1851, 3,098; in 1861, 3, 564. Houses, 641. The castle barracks and a workhouse are here; and, at the census of 1861, had 55 and 70 inmates.


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

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Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Cumberland AncC
Place: Rickergate

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