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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Dearham like this:
DEARHAM, a township and a parish in Cockermouth district, Cumberland. The township adjoins the Carlisle and Maryport railway, 2½ miles ENE of Maryport; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Maryport. Acres, 2, 153. Real property, £7, 747; of which £3, 799 are in mines. ...
Pop., 1, 509. Houses, 325. The parish contains also the township of Ellenborough and Ewanrigg. Acres, 3, 377; of which 250 are water. Real property, £15, 775; of which £8, 743 are in mines. Pop., 2, 595. Houses, 538. The property is much sub-divided. There are extensive collieries and a porcelain manufactory. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £85.* Patron, J. Christian, Esq. The church has a carved Saxon font; and was recently in disrepair. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, and charities £32.
Dearham is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Dearham itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Dearham in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2182
Date accessed: 16th November 2025
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