Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WATERHEAD

WATERHEAD, a place at the head of Coniston-water, in Lancashire; ½ mile NE of Coniston. It has a good inn, and is a tourists' centre for the scenery around Coniston-water. W. House is the seat of J. G. Marshall, Esq.


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

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Feature Description: "a place"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lancashire Ancient County
Place: Waterhead

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