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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Nenthead like this:
NENTHEAD, a village and a chapelry in Alston parish, Cumberland. The village stands on the river Nent, about a mile below its source, 1½ mile W of the meeting point of Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, and 4 S E of Alston r. station; is a considerable place; and has a post-office under Carlisle, and a market house, surmounted by a turret. ...
The chapelry extends to thecounty boundary; consists chiefly of moor and mountain; and contains lead-mines and smelting houses, belongingto the London Lead company. Pop. in 1851, 1, 964; in 1861, 2,039. Houses, 382. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Durham. Value, £140.* Patron, the Vicar of Alston. The church is modern. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, and national schools.
Nenthead 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 Nenthead itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Nenthead, in Westmorland and Furness and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21556
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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