Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Skirwith

Skirwith, township, Kirkland par., Cumberland, 8 miles E. of Penrith, 5249 ac., pop. 276; contains Skirwith Abbey, seat.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Kirkland AP       Cumberland AncC
Place: Skirwith

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