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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Dean like this:
DEAN, a township and a parish in Cockermouth district, Cumberland. The township lies on the river Marron, 3½ miles SSE of Camerton r. station, and 5 SW of Cockermouth. Real property, £2, 312; of which £170 are in mines. Pop., 195. Houses, 36. The parish contains also the townships of Ullock and Branthwaite; the former of which includes the hamlet of Deanscales. ...
Post town, Lamplugh, under Cockermouth. Acres, 6, 360. Real property, £7, 204. Pop., 829. Houses, 163. Coal and building-stone occur. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £318.* Patron, the Rev. S. Sherwen. The church is old. A grammar school has £10 from endowment; and other charities £4.
Dean is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Dean itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Dean in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5433
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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