Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Gosforth

Gosforth.-- par. and vil., W. Cumberland, 6½ miles SE. of Egremont, 8260 ac., pop. 1227; P.O.; has ancient cross (14 ft. high) in the churchyard.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Gosforth CP/AP       Cumberland AncC
Place: Gosforth

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