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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Garrigill like this:
GARRIGILL, a chapelry in Alston parish, Cumberland; under Middlefell and Hartsidefell, near the sources of the South Tyne, and near the boundaries with Northumberland, Durham, and Westmoreland, 3 miles SE of Alston town and r. station. It has a post office under Carlisle. Rated property, £2, 655. ...
Pop., 1, 447. Houses, 284. The property is much subdivided. The surface, to a large extent, is upland and moorish. Extensive lead mines are here; and copper mines were formerly worked. Fairs are held on the third Friday of May and the last Friday of September. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Alston, in the diocese of Durham. The church is pretty good; and there are chapels for Independents, Wesleyans, and Primitive Methodists.
Garrigill 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 Garrigill itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Garrigill, in Westmorland and Furness and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21424
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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