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HOLME-EAST-WAVER., a township in Holme-Cultram parish, Cumberland; on the river Waver, near Morecambe bay, Abbeytown village, and Abbey r. station. Real property, £4, 699. Pop., 526. Houses, 98. The village of Newton-Arlosh is here; was once a market town; and has remains of a fortified church, built about the year 1303. The township of H. E. W. appears to be conterminate with Newton-Arlosh chapelry.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Cumberland Ancient County |
| Place: | Holme East Waver |
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