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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kingwater like this:
KINGWATER, a township in Lanercost parish, Cumberland; on a streamlet of its own name, a tributary of the Irthing, among the moors near the boundary with Northumberland, 8 miles NE of Brampton. Real property, £4, 219. Pop., 391. Houses, 72. The property belongs chiefly to the Earl of Carlisle and John Ramshay, Esq.
Kingwater is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kingwater itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kingwater in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2186
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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