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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Branthwaite like this:
BRANTHWAITE, a township, with a r. station, in Dean parish, Cumberland; on the Cleator railway, 5 miles SE of Workington. Real property, £2,529. Pop., 281. Houses, 58. Stone is quarried; and there are paper and woollen mills, and a Methodist chapel.
Branthwaite is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Branthwaite itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Branthwaite in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25887
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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