In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hensingham like this:
HENSINGHAM, a village and a chapelry in St. Bees parish, Cumberland. The village stands on a rising ground, 1 mile SE of Whitehaven r. station; has a postoffice under Whitehaven; and conducts some trade in linen thread, linen fabrics, and ropes. The chapelry comprises 956 acres. Real property, £5, 420. ...
Pop. in 1851, 1, 336; in 1861, 1, 538. Houses, 314. Hensingham House was the seat of the Senhouses. Limestone is extensively quarried and calcined. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £126.* Patron, the Earl of Lonsdale. The church is modern; and there are a Primitive Methodist chapel, and a national school. Archbishop Grindall was a native.
Hensingham through time
Hensingham is now part of Copeland district. Click here for graphs and data of how Copeland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hensingham itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hensingham, in Copeland and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3769
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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