Search for a place
Search for a place
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Crookdale like this:
CROOKDALE, a hamlet in Bromfield township and parish, Cumberland; on the Carlisle and Maryport railway, 6½ miles SW of Wigton. Real property, £1, 605. Pop., 191. Crookdale Hall belonged to the Ballantines; and passed to the Dykeses.
Crookdale is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Crookdale itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Crookdale in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25902
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
Click here for more detailed advice on finding places within A Vision of Britain through Time, and maybe some references to other places called "Crookdale".
