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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Eaglesfield like this:
EAGLESFIELD, a township in Brigham parish, Cumberland: 2¾ miles SW of Cockermouth. Real property, £2, 491. Pop., 304. Houses, 64. There is a Wesleyan chapel. Dalton, the chemist, was a native.
Eaglesfield is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Eaglesfield itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Eaglesfield in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3764
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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