Langrigg and Mealrigg, Cumberland

Historical Description

Langrigg and Mealrigg, a township in Bromfield parish, Cumberland, 7 miles WSW of Wigton. It has a post office at Langrigg, under Aspatria (R.S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Aspatria. Acreage, 2138; population, 278. Langrigg Hall is a chief residence. There is a chapel of ease. Bricks and tiles are made.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

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	Broomfield
Poor Law union	Wigton
Ward	Allerdale below Derwent

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Langrigg and Mealrigg from the following:

Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Langrigg)

Land and Property

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

Villages, Hamlets, &c

Mealrigg