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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Matterdale like this:
MATTERDALE, a chapelry in Greystoke parish, Cumberland; containing a wild mountain vale of its own name, 3 miles S by E of Troutheck r. station, and 8½ E of Keswick. Post town, Penrith. Acres, 7,313. Real property, £1,499. Pop., 420. Houses, 69. The property is subdivided. The vale has interesting features, is drained toward Ulleswater, and adjoins some highly picturesque scenery, but is flanked by tame and barren moor and mountain. ...
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle. Valne, £115. Patron, the Rector of Greystoke. The church is good; and there are an endowed school with £13 a year, and charities £6.
Matterdale 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 Matterdale itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Matterdale, in Westmorland and Furness and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2874
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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