Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Camerton

Camerton.-- par. and township with ry. sta., W. Cumberland, 3 miles NE. of Workington -- par., 3411 ac. (46 water) and 638 tidal water and foreshore, pop. 3143; township, 785 ac., pop. 294; has extensive tin-plate and iron-works and coal mines.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "parish and township with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Camerton AP/CP       Cumberland AncC
Place: Camerton

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