In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Waberthwaite like this:
WABERTHWAITE, a parish in Bootle district, Cumberland; 1½ mile S by E of Ravenglass r. station. It has a post-office under Whitehaven. Acres, 1,901. Real property, £1,162. Pop., 198. Houses, 42. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £131.* Patron, Lord Muncaster. The church is good. Charities, £5.
Waberthwaite through time
Waberthwaite is now part of Copeland district. Click here for graphs and data of how Copeland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Waberthwaite itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Waberthwaite, in Copeland and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5079
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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