Descriptive gazetteer entries

In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Above Derwent like this:

Above Derwent, township, Cockermouth registration dist., Cumberland, 14,750 ac. (899 water), pop. 924.

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Travel writing

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