Blindbothel

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Blindbothel
Cumberland

Aikbank Mill, Blindbothel
Location
Grid reference: NY118274
Location: 54°38’2"N, 3°21’58"W
Data
Population: 174  (2011)
Post town: Cockermouth
Postcode: CA13
Dialling code: 01228
01900
Local Government
Council: Cumberland
Parliamentary
constituency:
Copeland

Blindbothel is a village in Cumberland. It is on the edge of the Lake District National Park, and is a couple of miles south of Cockermouth. The village had a population of 174 according to the 2011 census.

On the east side of Blindbothel runs the River Cocker.

In the 1870s Blindbothel was described as

"Blindbothel, a township in Brigham parish, Cumberland; 2 miles W of Cockermouth. Real property, £1,206. Pop., 116. Houses, 19."[1]

References

  1. Marius, John (1870–1872). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1st ed.). Cumberland: Marius. http://visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=863260. Retrieved 4 February 2013.