Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WAVERTON

WAVERTON, a township in Wigton parish, Cumberland; on the river Waver, 3 miles W by S of Wigton. It has a post-office, of the name of W.-Tollgate, under Wigton. Real property, £5,759. Pop., 574. Houses, 114.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Waverton CP/Tn       Wigton CP       Cumberland AncC
Place names: WAVERTON     |     WAVERTON TOLLGATE
Place: Waverton

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