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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Boot like this:
BOUT, a village in Eskdale, Cumberland; 7 miles ENE of Ravenglass. It has an inn, and is in the vicinity of waterfalls and other attractions on the way up Eskdale to the mountain passes into Wastdale-Head, Langdale, and Duddon vale.
Boot is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Boot itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Boot in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25885
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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