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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Holme Eden like this:
HOLME-EDEN, a chapelry in Wetheral and Hayton parishes, Cumberland; on the river Eden, near Wetheral r. station, and 5 miles W of Carlisle. It was constituted in 1845; and its post town is Wetheral, under Carlisle. Pop., 1, 107. Houses, 233. Pop. of the Wetheral portion, 866. Houses, 175. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £117.* Patron, P. Dixon, Esq.
Holme Eden is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Holme Eden itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Holme Eden in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25910
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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