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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hawkesdale like this:
HAWKESDALE, a township in Dalston parish, Cumberland; near the river Caldew, 6½ miles SSW of Carlisle. Real property, £4, 668. Pop., 336. Houses, 82. Rose Castle here is the residence of the Bishop of Carlisle; and Hawkesdale Hall belonged to Nicholson, the antiquary, and passed to the Wattses.
Hawkesdale is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hawkesdale itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hawkesdale in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25911
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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