Moorhouse, Cumberland
Historical Description
Moorhouse, a village in Burgh-by-Sands parish, Cumberland, 1½ mile from Burgh station on the North British railway, and 4½ miles W by N of Carlisle. There is a Friends' meeting-house.
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 | Burgh upon The Sands | |
| Poor Law union | Carlisle | |
| Ward | Cumberland |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Moorhouse from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Moorhouse)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cumberland is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Moorhouse 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)