Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MORESBY

MORESBY, a village, a township, and a parish, in Whitehaven district, Cumberland. The village stands on the coast, near Parton r. station, 2 miles NNE of Whitehaven; occupies the site of the Roman station Arbeia; and has yielded a number of Roman relics, including structures and inscriptions. The township includes the village, and extends into the country. Real property, £3,246. Pop. in 1851,533; in 1861,463. Houses, 101. The parish contains also the township of Parton, which has a post office under Whitehaven. Acres, 2,187; of which 52 are water. Real property, £4,346. Pop. in 1851,1, 311; in 1861,1,222. Houses, 268. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Earl of Lonsdale. Moresby Hall is a mansion after a design by Inigo Jones. There is an iron foundry. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £105. Patron, the Earl of Lonsdale. The church stands on an eminence, within an ancient camp 330 feet square; and is a modern edifice, with a tower. There is an endowed school, with £42 a year.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a township, and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Moresby AP/CP       Whitehaven RegD/PLU       Cumberland AncC
Place: Moresby

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