Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Gilsland

Gilsland, eccl. dist. and vil. with ry. sta., Lanercost and Upper Denton pars., E. Cumberland -- dist., pop. 332; vil., 7 miles NE. of Brampton; P.O., T.O.; is well known as a spa.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ecclesiastical district and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Cumberland AncC
Place: Gilsland

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