Wasdale Head, Cumberland

Historical Description

Wasdale Head, part of the township of Eskdale and Wasdale, and a chapelry in St Bees parish, Cumberland, comprising the upper part of Wasdale, 8 miles from Irton Road station on the Ravenglass and Eskdale railway. Post town, Carnforth. Population, 75. Lord Leconfield is lord of the manor. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle; net value, £125 with residence. Patron, the Incumbent of St Bees. The church is very small, and consists only of a nave with bell turret. See ESKDALE.

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 Wasdale Head from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Wasdale-Head)

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Wasdale Head 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)