In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Scales like this:
SCALES, a hamlet under Saddleback mountain, in Cumberland; 5½ miles N E by E of Keswick. S. Tarnlies about a mile to the N N W; and is overhung allround, except on part of the N, by dark, lofty, precipitous crags.
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Scales through time
Scales is now part of Eden district. Click here for graphs and data of how Eden has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Scales itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Scales, in Eden and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25941
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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