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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rosley like this:
ROSLEY, a township, with a village, in Westward parish, Cumberland; 5 miles E S E of Wigton. A stockfair is held on Whit-Monday, and every fortnight after, till 29 Sept. Pop., 252. Houses, 45.
Rosley is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Rosley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rosley in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25938
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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