Beckermet, Cumberland

Historical Description

Beckernet, a township in the parishes of St Bridget-Beckermet and St John-Beckermet, Cumberland, on the river Ehen, with a station on the Whitehaven, Cleator, and Egremont railway, 3 miles S of Egremont. It has a post and money order office under Carnforth; telegraph office, CaJder-Bridge. A property in the neighbourhood, called Wotobank, was the scene of the tragical subject of Mrs Cowley's " Edwina." The lady of a proprietor was killed on the grounds by a wolf, and found in a mangled state on a bank, when her husband exclaimed in horror, " Wo to this bank!" " Wo to thee, bank! the attendants echoed round, And pitying shepherds caught the grief-fraught sound; Thus to this hour, through every changing age, Through every year's still ever-varying stage, The name remains."

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 Beckermet from the following:

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

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Beckermet 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)