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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Castletown like this:
CASTLETOWN-QUARTER, a township in Rockliff parish, Cumberland; on the river Eden and the Caledonian railway, 5 miles NNW of Carlisle. Acres, 5,225; of which 1,134 are water. Pop., 502. Houses, 106.
Castletown is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Castletown itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Castletown in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25889
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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