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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Inglewood Forest like this:
INGLEWOOD FOREST, a quondam forest in Cumberland; extending from Penrith to the neighbourhood of Carlisle, and measuring about 60 miles in circuit. It was given by the Conqueror to Ranulph de Meschiens; was long stocked with red deer, fallow deer, and other beasts of chase; was the scene of hu ...
nts by Edward I., when residing at Carlisle; formed an object of keen contests between the Scots and the English, for possession of its fastnesses; was finally ceded by the Scots in 1237; became afterwards the property of the Crown; continued to be strictly a forest till the time of Henry VIII.; and was given to the first Earl of Portland by William III.
Inglewood Forest 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 Inglewood Forest itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Inglewood Forest, in Westmorland and Furness and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25914
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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