In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Branthwaite like this:
BRANTHWAITE, a township, with a r. station, in Dean parish, Cumberland; on the Cleator railway, 5 miles SE of Workington. Real property, £2,529. Pop., 281. Houses, 58. Stone is quarried; and there are paper and woollen mills, and a Methodist chapel.
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Branthwaite through time
Branthwaite is now part of Allerdale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Allerdale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Branthwaite itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Branthwaite, in Allerdale and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25887
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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