In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Buckabank like this:

BUCKABANK, or Buckhow-Bank, a township in Dalston parish, Cumberland; on the river Caldew, adjacent to the Carlisle and Maryport railway, 5½ miles SW of Carlisle. Real property, £3,409. Pop., 617. Houses, 111. Here are cotton works, a foundry, and an edgetool manufactory.

Buckabank through time

Buckabank is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Buckabank itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Buckabank in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25891

Date accessed: 09th April 2026


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