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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wythop like this:
WYTHOP, a chapelry, comprising W. township and W.-Mill extra-parochial tract, in Cockermouth district, Cumberland; on Bassenthwaite-water, at Bassenthwaite r. station, 5 miles ESE of Cockermouth. Post town, Cockermouth. Rated property, £622. Pop., 99. Houses, 18. The property is much subdivided. W. township is in Lorton parish. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £51. Patrons, the L and owners. The church was rebuilt in 1867. Hudson, the Editor of "Josephus,'' was a native.
Wythop is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wythop itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wythop in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4621
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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