Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Abbey Holme

Abbey Holme, township, Holme Cultram par., E. Cumberland, on river Waver, 17 miles SW. of Carlisle by rail, 5617 ac., pop. 938. Market-day, Wednesday. Has ruins of Cistercian abbey founded in 12th century.


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

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

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