Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ULDALE

ULDALE, a parish, with three hamlets, in Wigton district, Cumberland; under the Caldbeck fells, 1½ mile SSE of Ireby, and 6¾ SSE of Leegate r. station. Post town, Ireby, under Wigton. Acres, 5,500. Real property, £2,498. Pop., 294. Houses, 59. The manor belongs to Gen. Wyndham. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £151.* Patron, J. Gillbanks, Esq. The church was rebuilt in 1730. There are an endowed grammar-school with £47 a year, and charities £15. A fair is held on 29 Aug.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with three hamlets"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Uldale CP/AP       Wigton RegD/PLU       Cumberland AncC
Place: Uldale

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