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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kirkbampton like this:
BAMPTON-KIRK, a township and a parish in Wigton district, Cumberland. The township lies 4½ miles NNW of Dalston r. station, and 6½ W of Carlisle; and has a post office, of the name of Kirk-Bampton, under Carlisle. Acres, 1,260. Real property, £1,506. Pop., 205. Houses, 37. The parish contains also the townships of Little Bampton and Oughterby. ...
Acres, 3,502. Real property, £2,817. Pop., 497. Houses, 99. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £100.* Patrons, the Earl of Lonsdale and Sir W. Brisco. The church is bad.
Kirkbampton is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kirkbampton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kirkbampton in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4606
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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