Brocklebank, Cumberland
Historical Description
Brocklebank, a township in Westward parish, Cumberland, 4½ miles S by E of Wigton. Brocklebank Fell is a frontier mass of the uplands which extend southward in the Caldbeck Fells and Skiddaw.
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 | |
| Civil parish | Westward | |
| Poor Law union | Wigton | |
| Ward | Allerdale below Derwent |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Brocklebank from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Brocklebank, with Stoneraise)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cumberland is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Brocklebank 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)