Briery Cottages, Cumberland
Historical Description
Briery-Cottages, a small township in Crosthwaite parish, Cumberland, 1 mile from Keswick town and station on the Cumberland, Keswick, and Penrith railway. Post, money order, and telegraph office, Keswick. Acreage, 46; population, 97.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Cumberland | |
Poor Law union | Cockermouth | |
Ward | Allerdale below Derwent |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Briery Cottages from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Briery-Cottages and Greta-Mills)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cumberland is available to browse.