In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Armathwaite like this:
ARMATHWAITE, a village, a castle, and a chapelry in Hesket-in-the-Forest parish, Cumberland. The village stands on the river Eden, 4 miles E of Southwaite r. station, and 10 N of Penrith. It has a post office under Carlisle; and it was the site of a small Benedictine nunnery, built and endowed by King William Rufus. ...
The castle stands adjacent; is a plain, modernized, ancient tower; was the seat of the satirical poet Skelton, noted for his attack on Wolsey, "Why come ye not to Court;" and is now the property of the Earl of Lonsdale. The surrounding scenery on the Eden is picturesque; and includes a long wooded walk, a grand projecting crag, a cataract in the stream, and a lake-like expanse above, with the massive background of the Cooms and the Baron Wood. The chapelry is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £90. Patron, the Earl of Lonsdale. The church is plain but picturesque.
Armathwaite through time
Armathwaite is now part of Eden district. Click here for graphs and data of how Eden has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Armathwaite itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Armathwaite, in Eden and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21320
Date accessed: 10th May 2024
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