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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Longburgh like this:
LONGBURGH, a township in Burgh-by-Sands parish, Cumberland; on the Carlisle and Silloth railway, 6 miles WNW of Carlisle. It contains the hamlets of Dykesfield and Shield. Real property, £1,408. Pop., 146. Houses, 28.
Longburgh is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Longburgh itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Longburgh in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25925
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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