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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described How Bound like this:
HOW-BOUND, a township in Castle-Sowerby parish, Cumberland; 3½ miles SE of Hesket-Newmarket. Real property, £1, 456. Pop., 219. Houses, 42. How Hill here is crowned by an ancient earthwork.
How Bound 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 How Bound itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of How Bound, in Westmorland and Furness and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25697
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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