Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Kirkoswald

Kirkoswald, par., township, and vil., Cumberland, in NE. of co.-- par., 11,373 ac., pop. 842; township, 5737 ac., pop. 595; vil., 8 miles NE. of Penrith; P.O., T.O.; the remains of Kirkoswald Castle stand on an eminence near the vil.; in vicinity is Kirkoswald House, seat.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish, township, and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Kirkoswald CP/AP       Cumberland AncC
Place: Kirkoswald

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