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A HUGE volume containing the entire history of
Westmorland (and other bits) as of 1849. Everything from
the ancient history of the area, through the geology,
flora, fauna, nobility, rateable values, statistics, villages,
occupations, inhabitants, poetry, right down to the
colour of the slate to be found. This is a truly remarkable
piece of work, and a fantastic research aid for anybody
interested in the whole picture of Westmorland in the
mid-19th Century.
Contains a directory of all the inhabitants of every
town and village in the county, together with
occupations and countless historical references. |