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

MEALRIGG, a hamlet in Bromfield parish, Cumberland; on Crummock beck, 3¼ miles NE of Allonby. lop., 58. There is a mineral spring.

Mealrigg through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26399

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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