Watermillock, Cumberland

Historical Description

Watermillock, a village, a township, and an ecclesiastical parish, in Cumberland, on Ulleswater, 3½ miles S by E of Penruddock railway station, and 7 SW of Penrith. It has a post and money order office under Penrith; telegraph office, Pooley Bridge. Acreage of township, 8925 of laud and 873 of water; population, 446; of the ecclesiastical parish, 413. There is a parish council consisting of eight members. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle; net value, £197, Patron, the Rector of Greystoke. The church was rebuilt in 1884, and consists of chancel, nave, and a western tower. There are two endowed Church of England schools and a Wesleyan chapel. Aira Force, the loveliest waterfall in the Lake District, is in this parish.

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 Watermillock from the following:

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

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Watermillock 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)

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Cumberland, 1615 is available on the Heraldry page.