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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stainburn like this:
STAINBURN, a township in Workington parish, Cumberland: 1 mile E of Workington. Pop., 184. Houses, 34. A cell to St. Bees abbey was here.
Stainburn is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Stainburn itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stainburn in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2198
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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