Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Borrowdale

Borrowdale.-- township, Crosthwaite par., W. Cumberland, 5 miles S. of Keswick, 16,666 ac. (362 water), pop. 449; famous for its blacklead mines.


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

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

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