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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Brayton like this:
BRAYTON, a village in Aspatria parish, Cumberland; adjacent to the Carlisle and-Maryport railway, 2 miles E by N of Aspatria. It has a station on the railway. Brayton Hall, in the vicinity, is the seat of Sir W. Lawson, Bart.
Brayton is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Brayton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Brayton in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24910
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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