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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Waberthwaite like this:
WABERTHWAITE, a parish in Bootle district, Cumberland; 1½ mile S by E of Ravenglass r. station. It has a post-office under Whitehaven. Acres, 1,901. Real property, £1,162. Pop., 198. Houses, 42. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £131.* Patron, Lord Muncaster. The church is good. Charities, £5.
Waberthwaite is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Waberthwaite itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Waberthwaite in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5079
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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