In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Watendlath like this:

WATENDLATH, a high vale in Cumberland; flanked on one side by Borrowdale Fells, and traversed by the stream of Lowdore waterfall north-north-westward to the gorge of that waterfall, 3 miles S of Keswick.

Watendlath through time

Watendlath is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Watendlath itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Watendlath in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25949

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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