Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Brigham

Brigham.-- par. and township with ry. sta., W. Cumberland, on river Derwent, 2 miles W. of Cockermouth -- par., 37,754 ac. land and 1391 water, pop. 8639; township, 1749 ac., pop. 790; contains collieries, and slate and freestone quarries.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and township with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Brigham CP/AP       Cumberland AncC
Place: Brigham

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