Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BEAUMONT

BEAUMONT, a parish in Carlisle district, Cumberland; on the river Eden, the Roman wall, and the Carlisle and Silloth railway, in the vicinity of Burgh station, 5 miles NW of Carlisle. Post Town, Burgh-by-Sands, under Carlisle. Acres, 1,470. Real property, £2,306. Pop., 287. Houses, 56. The property is sub-divided. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Kirk-Andrews-upon-Eden, in the diocese of Carlisle. The church is small and plain.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Beaumont Parish       Carlisle Poor Law Union/Registration District       Cumberland Ancient County
Place: Beaumont

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