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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Plumbland like this:
PLUMBLAND, a village and a parish in Cockermonth district, Cumberland. The village stands 1¾mile S by W of Aspatria r. station, and 6 N by E of Cockermouth; and has a post-office under Carlisle. The parish comprises 2, 970 acres. Real property, £4, 412. Pop., 726. Houses, 143. The property is subdivided. Limestone and coal are found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £371.* Patron, H. Curwen, Esq. The church is old: and there is a freegrammar school, endowed with £87 a year.
Plumbland is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Plumbland itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Plumbland in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2985
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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