GOSFORTH, a village and a parish in Whitehaven district, Cumberland. The village stands 3 miles ENE of Sea-scale r. station, and 6¾ SE by S of Egremont; and has a post office under Whitehaven. The parish includes also the hamlets of Bolton, Boon-Wood, and Newton. Acres, 8, 626; of which 226 are water. Real property, exclusive of Newton, £5, 032. Pop., 1, 146. Houses, 221. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £104.* Patrons, the Representatives of Sir H. F. Senhouse. The church shows Norman features, and is neat and good. A tall pillar, supposed to be Danish, sculptured all over with curious devices, stands in the churchyard, and was formerly surmounted by a cross. There is a national school.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))