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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Calthwaite like this:
CALTHWAITE, a township in Hesket-in-the-Forest parish, Cumberland; on the river Petterill, and the Lancaster and Carlisle railway, 7¼ miles NNW of Penrith. It has a station on the railway. Acres, 1,876. Real property, £1,790. Pop., 269. Houses, 48.
Calthwaite is now part of WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Calthwaite itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Calthwaite, in Westmorland and Furness and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25893
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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