Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Bassenthwaite

Bassenthwaite, par. and vil. with ry. sta., W. Cumberland, on E. side of Bassenthwaite Water, 4 miles NW. of Keswick, 6915 ac., pop. 509; P.O.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Bassenthwaite CP/AP       Cumberland AncC
Place: Bassenthwaite

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