In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Copeland like this:
COPELAND FOREST, a moorish mountainous tract in the SW of Cumberland; between Ennerdale-water and Wast-water, from 3 to 9 miles E of Egremont. It includes numerous fells and peaks; and has an altitude, at the Pillar-fell, of 2, 893 feet.
Copeland through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Copeland in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/17357
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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