Drigg, Cumberland

Historical Description

Drigg, a township and a parish in Cumberland. The township lies on the river Irt, and on the Whitehaven and Furness railway. It is bounded on the west by the Irish Sea, having 5 miles of littoral, and on the north, east, and south it adjoins the parishes of Gosforth, Irton, and Mun-caster. The station (Drigg) is about halfway between Sea-scale and Ravenglass. Post town, Ravenglass, under Carn-forth. Acreage, 3982; population, 579. The parish includes half of Seascale, but is divided by the river Mite from Raven-glass. The air is salubrious, and the average yearly rainfall only 40 inches. The land is chiefly sandy, but is noted for the produce of potatoes. The sandhills form a favourite meeting-place for tens of thousands of the black-headed seagulls and varieties of tern. Vitrified vertical tubes, from 1 to 1¼ inch in diameter, down to a depth of 30 feet, supposed to be an effect of lightning, have been found in a mound of drifted sand -and gravel 40 feet high. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle; net value, £189. The church is good, and there are various charities.

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.

Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Drigg from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Dregg (St. Peter))

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Drigg 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)

Villages, Hamlets, &c

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Cumberland, 1615 is available on the Heraldry page.