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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Woodland like this:
WOODLAND and HEATHWAITE, a chapelry, with a r. station, in Kirkby-Ireleth parish, Lancashire; on the Coniston railway, 3½ miles NNE of Broughton-in-Furness. Post town, Broughton-in-Furness, under Ulverstone. Rated property, £603. Pop., 303. The property is subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £68. Patrons, the Land-owners. The church is good.
Woodland is now part of WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Woodland itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Woodland, in Westmorland and Furness and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25146
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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