In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cargo like this:

CARGO, or Craghow, a township in Stanwix parish, Cumberland; on the river Eden, adjacent to the Silloth railway, 3 miles NW of Carlisle. Acres, 1,196. Real property, £2,553. Pop., 262. Houses, 63.

Cargo through time

Cargo is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cargo itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cargo in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25010

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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