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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thornthwaite like this:
THORNTHWAITE, a township and a chapelry in Crossthwaite parish, Cumberland. The township lies 1½ mile NNW of Braithwaite r. station, and 3 NW by W of Keswick. Real property, £1,124; of which £20 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 275; in 1861, 153. Houses, 35. The chapelry was constituted in 1841. Post town, Keswick, under Windermere. Pop., 530. Houses, 109. The property is subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £140.* Patrons, the Vicar of Crossthwaite and the Incumbent of St. John, Keswick. The church is good.
Thornthwaite is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Thornthwaite itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thornthwaite in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25899
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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