In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kingwater like this:
KINGWATER, a township in Lanercost parish, Cumberland; on a streamlet of its own name, a tributary of the Irthing, among the moors near the boundary with Northumberland, 8 miles NE of Brampton. Real property, £4, 219. Pop., 391. Houses, 72. The property belongs chiefly to the Earl of Carlisle and John Ramshay, Esq.
Kingwater through time
Kingwater is now part of Carlisle district. Click here for graphs and data of how Carlisle has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kingwater itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kingwater, in Carlisle and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2186
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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