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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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DEARHAM, a township and a parish in Cockermouth district, Cumberland. The township adjoins the Carlisle and Maryport railway, 2½ miles ENE of Maryport; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Maryport. Acres, 2, 153. Real property, £7, 747; of which £3, 799 are in mines. Pop., 1, 509. Houses, 325. The parish contains also the township of Ellenborough and Ewanrigg. Acres, 3, 377; of which 250 are water. Real property, £15, 775; of which £8, 743 are in mines. Pop., 2, 595. Houses, 538. The property is much sub-divided. There are extensive collieries and a porcelain manufactory. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £85.* Patron, J. Christian, Esq. The church has a carved Saxon font; and was recently in disrepair. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, and charities £32.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Dearham AP/CP Cockermouth RegD/PLU Cumberland AncC |
| Place: | Dearham |
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