Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LEATH

LEATH, a ward in Cumberland; bounded by Northumberland, Durham, and Westmoreland, and by the wards of Eskdale and Allerdale; and containing Addingham parish, twenty other parishes, and part of another. Acres, 216, 296. Pop. in 1851, 29, 103; in 1861, 28, 675. Houses, 5, 819.


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

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Feature Description: "a ward"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Cumberland AncC
Place: Leath

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