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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Beaumont like this:
BEAUMONT, a parish in Carlisle district, Cumberland; on the river Eden, the Roman wall, and the Carlisle and Silloth railway, in the vicinity of Burgh station, 5 miles NW of Carlisle. Post Town, Burgh-by-Sands, under Carlisle. Acres, 1,470. Real property, £2,306. Pop., 287. Houses, 56. The property is sub-divided. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Kirk-Andrews-upon-Eden, in the diocese of Carlisle. The church is small and plain.
Beaumont is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Beaumont itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Beaumont in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5436
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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