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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Moorhouse like this:
MOORHOUSE, a township in Burgh-by-Sands parish, Cumberland; near the Carlisle and Silloth railway, 4¾ miles W by N of Carlisle. It contains the village of Thurstonfield, and has a Quaker's chapel. Real property, £1,795. Pop., 306. Houses, 67. Moorhouse Hall is the seat of the Hodgsons.
Moorhouse is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Moorhouse itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Moorhouse in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24911
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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