In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stainburn like this:
STAINBURN, a township in Workington parish, Cumberland: 1 mile E of Workington. Pop., 184. Houses, 34. A cell to St. Bees abbey was here.
Stainburn through time
Stainburn is now part of Allerdale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Allerdale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Stainburn itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stainburn, in Allerdale and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2198
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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