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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cummersdale like this:
CUMBERSDALE, or Cummersdale, a township in St. Mary parish, Cumberland; on the river Caldew, and on the Carlisle and Maryport railway, 2 miles SW of Carlisle. It has a sub-station on the railway, and a post office under Carlisle. Acres, 1, 911. Pop., 829. Houses, 155.
Cummersdale is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cummersdale itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cummersdale in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1554
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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