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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Fawcett Forest like this:
FAWCET FOREST, a township in Kendal parish, Westmoreland; 7 miles NNE of Kendal. Pop., 51. Houses, 8. The area is extensive, wild, mountainous, and barren; and so much as 5, 000 acres of it have been let for less than £500 a year. It anciently belonged to Byland Abbey.
Fawcett Forest 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 Fawcett Forest itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Fawcett Forest, in Westmorland and Furness and Westmorland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2821
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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