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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Haile like this:
HAILE, or HALE, a parish in Whitehaven district, Cumberland; near Copeland forest, the river Eden, and the Whitehaven and Furness railway, 2½ miles SSE of Egremont. It includes the hamlet of Wilton; and its post town is Egremont, under Whitehaven. Acres, 3, 220. Real property, £2, 513. ...
Pop., 302. Houses, 58. The property is subdivided. The manor, with Haile Hall, belongs to the Ponsonbys. Limestone and freestone abound. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £82.* Patron, the Earl of Lonsdale. The church is good, and contains two mural tablets to the Ponsonbys.
Haile is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Haile itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Haile in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2895
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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