In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Langwathby like this:
LANGWATHBY, a parish in Penrith district, Cumberland; on the river Eden, near the boundary with Westmoreland, 4½ miles NE of Penrith r. station. It has a post-office under Penrith. Acres, 1,987. Real property, £2,333. Pop., 346. Houses, 62. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to the Duke of Devonshire. A three-arched bridge, built in 1686, here crosses the Eden. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Edenhall, in the diocese of Carlisle. The church was rebuilt in 1718, and repaired in 1835.
Langwathby through time
Langwathby is now part of Eden district. Click here for graphs and data of how Eden has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Langwathby itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Langwathby, in Eden and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2187
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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