Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SEBERGHAM

SEBERGHAM, a parish, with a village and two townships, in Wigton district, Cumberland; on the river Caldew, 2 miles N N E of Hesket-Newmarket, and 5¾ S by E of Curthwaite r. station. It has a post-office under Carlisle. Acres, 5, 890. Real property, £5, 874; of which £60 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 855; in 1861, 745. Houses, 152. The property is much subdivided. The manor was given by King John to the hermit Was-tell; and given by the hermit to Carlisle priory. Coal and limestone are worked; and there is a mineral spring. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £300.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Carlisle. The church is an old building, with a modern tower; and was repaired in 1785. There are a Wesleyan chapel and two parochial schools. Relph, the poet, was a native.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a parish, with a village and two town-ships"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Sebergham CP/AP       Wigton RegD/PLU       Cumberland AncC
Place: Sebergham

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