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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Braithwaite like this:
BRAITHWAITE, a township in Crosthwaite parish, Cumberland; on the Cockermouth and Penrith railway, 3 miles W of Keswick. It has a railway station, a post office under Windermere, and an inn. Pop., 326. Houses, 65. The surface commands splendid prospects. The inhabitants are employed chiefly in lead mines and woollen manufactures.
Braithwaite is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Braithwaite itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Braithwaite in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25886
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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