A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
HESKET (NETHER and UPPER, or LOW and HIGH), a township in Hesket-in-the Forest parish, Cumberland; on the river Petteril, near the Lancaster and Carlisle railway, 7½ miles SSE of Carlisle. It includes the villages of Low Hesket and High Hesket; the former of which has a post office under Carlisle. Acres, 2, 552. Real property, £4, 712; of which £27 are in fisheries. Pop., 775. Houses, 171.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Hesket in the Forest CP/AP Cumberland AncC |
| Place names: | HESKET | HESKET LOW AND HIGH | HESKET NETHER AND UPPER | HESKET NETHER AND UPPER OR LOW AND HIGH | LOW AND HIGH HESKET | NETHER AND UPPER HESKET |
| Place: | Hesket in the Forest |
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