History, Directory, And Gazetteer, Of The Counties Of Cumberland & Westmorland. With That Part Of The Lake District In Lancashire, Forming The Lordships Of Furness And Cartmel: BY WM. PARSON AND W. E. WHITE. 1829. Alphabetical Lists of the SEATS of NOBILITY, GENTRY, and CLERGY. A GENERAL HISTORY and DESCRIPTION of CUMBERLAND and WESTMORLAND, and the whole of the LAKE DISTRICT..... [Please note: Poor quality Scans]
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A General History and Description of the County, with the whole of the Lake District; and of the Diocese of Carlisle, from the foundation of the See to the present period; followed by a separate History and Directory of the City of Carlisle, and of every Borough, Town, Parish, Chapelry, Township, Village, Hamlet, Barony, Liberty, and Honour ; arranged under the heads of the Six Wards into which Cumberland is now divided-thus affording, with the aid of a copious Index of Places, Persons, and Subjects, all the advantages of an Alphabetical Gazetteer ; and it is hoped that this arrangement, in accordance with the recent Division of the County, will increase the utility of the work, and enhance its value.
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The TOPOGRAPHY embraces a full account of all the baronies, manors, parishes, and townships in their respective Wards, with their boroughs, towns, and villages, showing their boundaries, extent, rateable value, population, landowners, mansions, and pedigrees of the principal county families, descriptions of the churches, chapels, and public buildings, mines and manufacturing industries, and a variety of statistical and useful information. The DIRECTORY comprisesin addition to much useful local informationthe Names, Designations, and Addresses of the principal inhabitants of each town, parish, and township, arranged in alphabetical order, and classified under the heads of their respective trades and professions
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Kelly's 1894 Cumberland & Westmorland Directory. Superb directory.. A-Z Place Directory, Trade Directory, Court Directory, History & Geology...packed with names. 60+ superb adverts compliment this valuable resource.
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