Place:


Sty Head  Cumberland

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sty Head like this:

STY-HEAD, a mountain-pass in the SW of Cumberland; between the head of the Seathwaite branch of Borrowdale and the head of Wastdale and of Esk Haws. It has an altitude of about 1,250 feet above sea-level; and it commands a very grand view.

Additional information about this locality is available for Borrowdale

Sty Head through time

Sty Head is now part of Copeland district. Click here for graphs and data of how Copeland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sty Head itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sty Head, in Copeland and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25947

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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