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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described St John in the Vale like this:
JOHN'S-IN-THE-VALE (ST.), a chapelry in St. John-Castlerigg and Wythburn township, Crossthwaite parish, Cumberland; 2¼ miles SE of Keswick r. station. Post town, Keswick, under Windermere. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £63. * Patron, alternately the Earl of Lonsdale and Landowners.
St John in the Vale is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about St John in the Vale itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of St John in the Vale in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26057
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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