Place:


Applethwaite  Cumberland

 

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

APPLETHWAITE, a village on the ascent of Skiddaw, 2 miles N of Keswick, Cumberland. It commands a brilliant view of Derwentwater and the encincturing mountains. A small property adjacent to it was given by Sir George Beaumont to the poet Wordsworth.

Additional information about this locality is available for Underskiddaw

Applethwaite through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25881

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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