In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Arlecdon like this:
ARLECDON, a parish in Whitehaven district, Cumberland; 4¾ miles E by N of Parton r. station, and 5½ ENE of Whitehaven. It includes the townships of Frizington and Whillymore; and its Post Town is Whitehaven. Acres, 5,700. Real property, £18,793,-of which £15,407 are in mines. ...
Pop., 1,550. Houses, 254. The property is much subdivided. Coal, lime, and ironstone are worked; and there is a good chaly beate spring. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £100. Patron, the Bishop of Carlisle. The church was built in 1829. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Arlecdon through time
Arlecdon is now part of Copeland district. Click here for graphs and data of how Copeland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Arlecdon itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Arlecdon, in Copeland and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/806
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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