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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wythburn like this:
WYTHBURN, a chapelry in Crosthwaite parish, Cumberland; at the head of Legberthwaite, under Helvellyn, 7½ miles SSE of Keswick r. station. It has a post-office under Windermere, and a small inn. Rated property, £530. Pop., 116. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £82.* Patron, the Vicar of Crosthwaite. The church is plain.
Wythburn is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wythburn itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wythburn in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20503
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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