A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
St Bees, coast town, par., and township with ry. sta., Cumberland - par. (containing Whitehaven), 70,385 ac. (2048 water), pop. 25,936; town and township, 4 miles S. of Whitehaven, 1848 ac., pop. 1142; P.O, T.O. The church of St Bees belonged to a Benedictine abbey of time of Henry I., which succeeded a Culdee nunnery of 7th century destroyed by the Danes. St Bees College, established by Bishop Law in 1816, is for the theological training of young men desirous of entering the ministry of the Church of England and not going to Oxford or Cambridge. On St Bees Head, 2½ miles NW. of the town, is a lighthouse, with fixed light (St Bees) 336 ft. above high water and seen 25 miles.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "coastal town, parish, and township with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | St Bees AP/CP Cumberland AncC |
| Place: | St Bees |
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