Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Westward

Westward, par. and vil., Cumberland - par., 13,230 ac., pop. 1044; vil., 3½ miles SE. of Wigton; has quarries of building stone, slate, and lime.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Westward AP/CP       Cumberland AncC
Place: Westward

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