Place:


Yanwath  Westmorland

 

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

YANWATH-WITH-EAMONT-BRIDGE, a township in Barton parish, Westmoreland; on the river Eamont, 1½ mile SSE of Penrith. It contains West Ward workhouse. Acres, 1,169. Real property £2,524. Pop. in 1861, 381; of whom 53 were in the workhouse. house s, 64.

Yanwath through time

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

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Yanwath, in Eden and Westmorland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4446

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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