Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Urswick

Urswick, par., N. Lancashire, 3 miles SW. of Ulverston, 4043 ac. and 1246 foreshore, pop. 1287; P.O., called Great Urswick; Roman coins have been found.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Urswick AP/CP       Lancashire AncC
Place names: GREAT URSWICK     |     URSWICK
Place: Urswick

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