Moricambe Bay, Cumberland
Historical Description
Moricambe Bay, an inlet of the Solway Frith, on the NW coast of Cumberland, entering between Grune Point and a point 3½ miles WSW of Bowness. It measures 3 miles across the entrance, penetrates 4½ miles south-south-eastward to the mouth of the river Waver, makes a considerable ramification on the E side up the course of the Wampool river, and is sometimes called the Wampool estuary.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cumberland is available to browse.