Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Bowness

Bowness, small town, Undermilbeck township, Westmorland, on E. side of Lake Windermere, 1½ mile S. of Windermere sta. and 8 NW. of Kendal; pop. 1855; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 1 newspaper; has a good quay and pier, and excellent hotel accommodation, and is a centre for tourists visiting the lakes. The church is a very ancient structure, and has been carefully restored.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "small town"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Westmorland AncC
Place: Bowness on Windermere

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