Buckabank or Buckhow Bank, Cumberland

Historical Description

Buckabank or Buckhow-Bank, a village in Dalston parish, Cumberland, on the river Caldew, 1½ mile from Dalston station on the Carlisle and Maryport railway, and 5½ miles SW of Carlisle, which is the post town. It includes the hamlets of Unthank and Lingey Closehead.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

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

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Buckabank or Buckhow Bank from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Buckhow-Bank)

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Buckabank or Buckhow Bank 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)