Dovenby, Cumberland
Historical Description
Dovenby, a township in Bridekirk parish, Cumberland, 3 miles NW of Cockermouth. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Cockermouth. Acreage, 1764; population, 238. A Congregational chapel was built in 1869.
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 | Bridekirk | |
Poor Law union | Cockermouth | |
Ward | Allerdale below Derwent |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Churches
There is a Congregational chapel here, erected in 1840, with 60 sittings.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Dovenby from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cumberland is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Dovenby 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)