Place:


Rottington  Cumberland

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rottington like this:

ROTTINGTON, a township in St. Bees parish, Cumberland; on the coast, 1 mile N W of St. Bees. Acres, 735; of which 123 are water. Real property, £745. Pop., 44. Houses, 7. A cell to St. Bees abbey was here.

Rottington through time

Rottington is now part of Copeland district. Click here for graphs and data of how Copeland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Rottington itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rottington, in Copeland and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1574

Date accessed: 29th March 2024


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