In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Blackwell like this:
BLACKWELL (High and Low), two townships in St. Cuthbert parish, Cumberland; near the Carlisle and Lancaster railway, 2¼ and 2 miles S of Carlisle. Acres 2,459 and 941. Real property, £2,801 and £2,329. Pop., 341 and 183. Houses, 59 and 34. The manor was given, in the time of Edward III., by the heiress of Sir John de Wigton, to Sir Robert Parvinge.
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Blackwell through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Blackwell, in Carlisle and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25884
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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