Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GAMBLESBY

GAMBLESBY, a township in Addingham parish, Cumberland; 4 miles ESE of Kirkoswald. Acres, 4, 783 Real property, £2, 003; of which £13 are in mines. Pop., 262. Houses, 54. A church was built here in 1869.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Addingham AP       Cumberland AncC
Place: Gamblesby

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