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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Meathop like this:
METHOP AND ULPHA, a township in Beetham parish, Westmoreland; on Morecambe bay, at the mouth of the river Kent, 4 miles ENE of Cartmel. Acres, 3,561: of which 1,716 are water. Pop., 76. Houses, 13. The area includes Holme island.
Meathop is now part of WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Meathop itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Meathop, in Westmorland and Furness and Westmorland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2007
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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