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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sty Head like this:
STY-HEAD, a mountain-pass in the SW of Cumberland; between the head of the Seathwaite branch of Borrowdale and the head of Wastdale and of Esk Haws. It has an altitude of about 1,250 feet above sea-level; and it commands a very grand view.
Sty Head is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sty Head itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sty Head in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25947
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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