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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Seaton like this:
SEATON, a township in Cammerton parish, Cumberland; on the river Derwent, 2 miles N N E of Workington. It has a post-office under Workington, and a three-arched bridge. Acres, 2, 939; of which 847 are water. Real property, £7, 322; of which £3,000 are in mines, £350 in iron-works, and £45 in fisheries. Pop. in 1851, 835; in 1861, 1, 102. Houses, 236. There are tin-plate works, hematite iron-works, and several collieries.
Seaton is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Seaton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Seaton in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3791
Date accessed: 17th November 2025
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