Murton or Moortown, Cumberland

Historical Description

Murton or Moortown, a village in Lamplugh township and parish, Cumberland, 8 miles ENE of Whitehaven, and 1 mile from Wright Green station on the Whitehaven, Cleator, and Egremont Joint railway, consisting of the hamlets of Smaithwaite, Lund, and Whinnah. Post town, Cockennouth; money order and telegraph office, Frizington. Iron is worked.

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 Murton or Moortown from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Murton, or Moor-Town)

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Murton or Moortown 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)