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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Torpenhow like this:
TORPENHOW, a village and a township in Wigton district, and a parish partly also in Cockermouth district, Cumberland. The village stands 2¾ miles W by N of Ireby, and 3½ SSE of Brayton r. station; and has a post-office under Carlisle. The township includes Whitrigg hamlet. Real property, without that hamlet, £2,146. ...
Pop. with W., 344. Houses, 67. The parish contains three other townships, and comprises 9,670 acres. Pop., 1,083. Houses, 221. The manor belongs to W. J. Charlton, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £283.* Patron, the Bishop ofThe church includes Norman remains, and is tolerable. There are an endowed school with £50 a year, and charities £15.
Torpenhow is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Torpenhow itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Torpenhow in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3795
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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