Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Allonby

Allonby, ecclesiastical district and seaport vil., West Newton and Allonby township, Bromfield par., Cumberland, on Allonby Bay, 6 miles NE. of Maryport, pop. 542; P.O. It is a sea-bathing resort, and was the birthplace of Joseph Huddart, the hydrographer (1741-1816).


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ecclesiastical district and seaport village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Allonby Ch/CP       Cumberland AncC
Place: Allonby

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