Greysouthen, Cumberland
Historical Description
Greysouthen, a village and a township in Brigham parish, Cumberland, near the river Derwent, 1 mile from Broughton Cross station on the L. & N.W.R., and 3½ miles WSW of Cockermouth. There is a post office under Cocker-mouth; money order office, Brigham; telegraph office, Cockermouth. Acreage, 1646; population, 545. There is a Wesleyan chapel, a Quakers' meeting-house, and a school with small endowment. Lord Leconfield is lord of the manor and principal landowner.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cumberland is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Greysouthen are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)