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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Brocklebank like this:
BROCKLEBANK, a township in Westward parish. Cumberland; 4½ miles S by E of Wigton. Real property, £2,100. Pop., 148. Houses, 27. Brocklebank fell here is a frontier mass of the uplands which extend southward in the Caldbeck fells and Skiddaw.
Brocklebank is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Brocklebank itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Brocklebank in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25890
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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