A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
PRESTON-QUARTER, a township in St. Bees parish, Cumberland; on the coast, suburban to Whitehaven, and partly within Whitehaven borough. It includes the village of Corkickle, and the hamlets of Ginns, Hutbank, High Harris, and Low Harris; and contains Whitehavenworkhouse, which had 297 inmates at the census of 1861. Acres, 2, 699; of which 40 are water. Real property, £89, 981; of which £25,015 are in mines, £70 in quarries, £16, 928 in railways, and £670 in gas-works. Pop. in 1851, 5, 102; in 1861, 5, 471. Houses, 1,009. Pop. of the part within Whitehaven borough, 4, 778. Houses, 973.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Preston Quarter CP St Bees AP/CP Cumberland AncC |
| Place: | Preston Quarter |
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