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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Greysouthen like this:
GRAYSOUTHEN, a township in Brinham parish, Cumberland; gear the river Derwent, and the Cockermouth and Workington railway, 3½ miles WSW of Cockermouth. It has a post office under Carlisle. Real property, £5, 051; of which £1, 801 are in miles. Pop., 758. Houses, 136. There are an agricultural implement manufactory, a flex mill, a Quackers' chapel, and a Wesleyan chapel.
Greysouthen is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Greysouthen itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Greysouthen in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4601
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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