Search for a place
Search for a place
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whinfell like this:
WHINFELL, a township in Brigham parish, Cumberland; 3½ miles S of Cockermouth. Acres, 1,723. Real property, £1,709. Pop., 86. Houses, 17. W. Beacon is a hill 1,500 feet high.
Whinfell is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Whinfell itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Whinfell in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3799
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
Click here for more detailed advice on finding places within A Vision of Britain through Time, and maybe some references to other places called "Whinfell".
