Abbey Holme in 1837

Abbey Holme, about six miles from Wigton, has a small market on Saturday, in summer only. The quarter population in 1831 was 861 ; the parish population was 3,056. In this parish was an abbey of Cistercians, said to have been founded about the year 1150, by Prince Henry, son of David, king of Scotland ; part of the ruins is remaining, and has been converted into the parish church. In the reigns of Edward I and Edward II the abbots of this religious house were summoned to several parliaments. Woolsty-castle, of which there is now scarcely a vestige, was a strong fortress. Near it is the famous Green-Row academy.

Old Towns is a resource of 19th century English historical data, extracted and digitized from articles written between 1833 and 1848 which were originally published in 'The Penny Magazine' by The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.