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HAILE, Cumberland - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

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[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]
"HAILE, (or Hale), a parish in Allerdale-above-Derwent ward, county Cumberland, 2 miles S.E. of Egremont railway station, and 8 S.E. of Whitehaven. The village is situated on the Whitehaven, Cleator, and Egremont line of railway. The village stands high, and is exposed to the W. winds. The parish is situated near the river Ellen, and comprises the townships of Hale and Wilton. It abounds in freestone and lime. The western part is fertile, with a quantity of pasture land; the other part is mountainous, cold, and barren. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats, and turnips. The soil is light gravel. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle, value £82. The church, which is a small edifice, has a turret containing two bells. In the interior, at the W. end of the gallery, are two handsome mural tablets to the Ponsonby family. The manor-house, built in the 16th century, is the seat and property of Miles Ponsonby, Esq., who is lord of the manor, and whose ancestors are said to have come over to England with William the Norman. There are parochial and Sunday schools." "WILTON, a hamlet in the parish of Haile, county Cumberland, 2 miles E. of Egremont."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]