YANWATH, with Eamont-Bridge, a township, in the parish of Barton, West ward and union, county of Westmorland, 2 miles (S. by W.) from Penrith; containing 316 inhabitants. In this township is situated the workhouse of the West ward union. The ancient Hall, a quadrangular castellated building, is now occupied as a farm-house, and about a mile from it are vestiges of a circular camp called Castle Steads.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.
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