Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Hesket in the Forest

Hesket in the Forest, par. and township, E. Cumberland, on rivers Petterill and Eden, 9 miles NW. of Penrith - par., 18,491 ac. (including part of Carlisle St Mary par.), pop. 2004; township, 16,399 ac., pop. 1965.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Hesket in the Forest CP/AP       Cumberland AncC
Place: Hesket in the Forest

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