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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Dovenby like this:
DOVENBY, a township in Bridekirk parish, Cumberland; 3 miles NW of Cockermouth. Acres, 1,886. Pop., 272. An Independent chapel was built in 1869.
Dovenby is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Dovenby itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Dovenby in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3229
Date accessed: 17th November 2025
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