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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Scales like this:
SCALES, a hamlet under Saddleback mountain, in Cumberland; 5½ miles N E by E of Keswick. S. Tarnlies about a mile to the N N W; and is overhung allround, except on part of the N, by dark, lofty, precipitous crags.
Scales 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 Scales itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Scales, in Westmorland and Furness and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25941
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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