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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sandwith like this:
SANDWITH, a village and a township in St. Bees parish, Cumberland. The village stands on the coast, 2 miles S by W of Whitehaven; and has a post-office under Whitehaven. The township comprises 1, 344 acres ofland and 62 of water. Real property, £2, 408; of which £63 are in quarries. Pop., 333. Houses, 74.
Sandwith is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sandwith itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sandwith in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2586
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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