Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GELTSDALE FOREST

GELTSDALE FOREST, a tract in Cumberland, traversed by the river Gelt, and noticed in the preceding article. It belonged formerly to Henham priory; and belongs now to the Earl of Carlisle. Real property, £9, 648; of which £8, 000 are in mines.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a tract"   (ADL Feature Type: "locations")
Administrative units: Cumberland AncC
Place: Geltsdale

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