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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ivegill like this:
IVEGILL, or HIGHHEAD, a township and a chapelry in Dalston parish, Cumberland; in Inglewood forest, 3¼ miles SW of Southwaite r. station, and 9 S by E of Carlisle. Post town, Dalston, under Carlisle. Pop. of the township, £126; of the chapelry, £526. Highhead Castle here belonged to the Harclas, the Dacres, the L'Englises, and others; and has left some remains. The living is a vicarage in the dio. of Carlisle. Value, £300. Patron, the Vicar of Dalston. The church was built in 1867.
Ivegill 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 Ivegill itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ivegill, in Westmorland and Furness and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20959
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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