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Thwaites, Cumberland

Historical Description

Thwaites, an ecclesiastical district in Millom parish,, Cumberland, near Green Road station on the Furness railway. Post town and money order office, Millom; telegraph office, Broughton-in-Furness. The parish comprises the hamlets of Hall Thwaites, Duddon Bridge, and Lady Hall. Population, 335. Thwaites forms a ward of Millom parish council, to which it sends three members. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle; gross value, £138 with residence. The present church was erected near the site of an older one, and is in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, S aisle, S porch, and bell gable. There are a woollen manufactory and dyeworks, an endowed school erected in 1857,. and various charities.

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 CountyCumberland 
Civil parishMillom 
Poor Law unionBootle 
WardAllerdale above Derwent 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Thwaites from the following:


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cumberland is available to browse.