Frizington, Cumberland
Historical Description
Frizington, a large village and a township in Arlecdon parish, Cumberland, with a station on the Whitehaven, Cleator, and Egremont Joint railway, 3 miles E by S of Whitehaven, and a post, money order, and telegraph office (S.O.) A mineral spring is here, and ironstone is quarried. The living is annexed to the vicarage of Arlecdon, in the diocese of Carlisle; gross joint value, £300 with residence. Patron, the Bishop. There are a church, a Wesleyan chapel, and a Roman Catholic church.
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 | Arlecdon | |
| Poor Law union | Whitehaven | |
| Ward | Allerdale above Derwent |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Frizington from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Frizington, High and Low)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cumberland is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Frizington 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)