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Woodside Quarter, township, 1848


WOODSIDE-QUARTER, a township, in the parish and union of Wigton, ward, and E. division of the county, of Cumberland, 3 miles (E. by N.) from Wigton; containing 745 inhabitants. A school for the poor is partly supported by the interest of £3,000 raised by subscription.

Extract from: A Topographical Dictionary of England comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships..... 7th Edition, by Samuel Lewis, London, 1848.
Woodside Civil Parish Wigton Parish, 1848

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