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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wasdale Head like this:
WASDALE-HEAD, a township-chapelry in St. Bees parish, Cumberland; comprising the upper part of Wasdale, 10 miles NE of Ravenglass r. station. Post town, Whitehaven. Acres, 7,000. Rated property, £258. Pop., 49. Houses, 7. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £80. Patron, the Incumbent of St. Bees. The church is good.
Wasdale Head is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wasdale Head itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wasdale Head in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23216
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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