In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Tebay like this:

TEBAY, a township, with a village, in Orton parish, Westmoreland; on the Lancaster and Carlisle railway, 2 miles SSW of Orton. It has a r. station with telegraph. Real property, with Bretherdale, £2,833. Pop., 368.

Tebay through time

Tebay is now part of WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Tebay itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Tebay, in Westmorland and Furness and Westmorland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6154

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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