Faugh and Fenton, Cumberland

Historical Description

Faugh and Fenton, two villages in Hayton parish, Cumberland, on an affluent of the river Eden, and on the Carlisle and Newcastle railway, 7½ miles E of Carlisle, and 1 milefrom How Mill station. There is a Wesleyan chapel at Fenton.

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 Faugh and Fenton from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Faugh, with Fenton)

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Faugh and Fenton 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)