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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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DRIGG, or Dregg, a township and a parish in Bootle district, Cumberland. The township lies on the river Irt, and on the Whitehaven and Furness railway, near the coast, 2 miles NW by N of Ravenglass; and has a station on the railway. The parish includes also the township of Carleton; and its post town is Ravenglass, under Whitehaven. Acres, 5, 347; of which 1, 737 are water. Real property, £3, 198. Pop., 440. Houses, 83. The property is much subdivided. The land is chiefly sandy; but is noted for the produce of potatoes. Vitrified vertical tubes, from 1 to 1½ inch in diameter, down to a depth of 30 feet, supposed to be an effect of lightning, have been found in a mound of drifted sand and gravel, 40 feet high. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £88. Patron, J. O. Ryder, Esq. The church is very good; and there are charities £16.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Drigg and Carleton AP/CP Bootle RegD/PLU Cumberland AncC |
| Place names: | DREGG | DRIGG | DRIGG OR DREGG |
| Place: | Drigg |
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