Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ROTTINGTON

ROTTINGTON, a township in St. Bees parish, Cumberland; on the coast, 1 mile N W of St. Bees. Acres, 735; of which 123 are water. Real property, £745. Pop., 44. Houses, 7. A cell to St. Bees abbey was here.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Rottington Parish       St Bees Parish       Cumberland Ancient County
Place: Rottington

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