Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Cartmel

Cartmel, market town and par. with ry. sta., N. Lancashire, 6 miles E. of Ulverston and 251 miles NW. of London, 28,428 ac. (79 water) and 12,534 ac. foreshore, pop. 5600; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Tuesday; contains Cartmel Fell, township, 6½ miles NE. of Cartmel, 4958 ac., pop. 293.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "market town and parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Cartmel Parish       Lancashire Ancient County
Place: Cartmel

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