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HAILE, or HALE, a parish in Whitehaven district, Cumberland; near Copeland forest, the river Eden, and the Whitehaven and Furness railway, 2½ miles SSE of Egremont. It includes the hamlet of Wilton; and its post town is Egremont, under Whitehaven. Acres, 3, 220. Real property, £2, 513. Pop., 302. Houses, 58. The property is subdivided. The manor, with Haile Hall, belongs to the Ponsonbys. Limestone and freestone abound. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £82.* Patron, the Earl of Lonsdale. The church is good, and contains two mural tablets to the Ponsonbys.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Haile Parish Whitehaven Poor Law Union/Registration District Cumberland Ancient County |
| Place names: | HAILE | HAILE OR HALE | HALE |
| Place: | Haile |
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