Millom, Cumbria

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Millom is a town in Cumbria

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Millom within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Millom in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Millom, town, par., and township, with ry. sta. (Millom, Holborn Hill), at S. extremity of Cumberland, on W. side of Duddon estuary, 6 miles SW. of Broughton-in-Furness and 13 miles SE. of Ravenglass - par., 34,866 ac., pop. 8099; township, 13,531 ac., pop. 7698; town, 1313 ac., pop. 6228; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 1 newspaper; has mines and ironworks; Millom Castle (1335) has left some remains; in vicinity of town is Millom Park, seat.

Millom in the Domesday Book

A village in Amounderness hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

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