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Wetheral, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Cumberland - par., 11,489 ac. (158 water), pop. 3320; vil., on river Eden, 4 miles SE. of Carlisle; P.O., T.O. The ruins of a Benedictine nunnery, founded in 1088, stand a little to the S. The Eden is crossed here by a ry. viaduct, 90 ft. above the water, and by a bridge of 7 arches, 480 ft. long. Three caves in a precipice are called the Wetheral Safeguards.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "parish and village with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Wetheral AP/CP Cumberland AncC |
Place: | Wetheral |
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