Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MALLERSTANG

MALLERSTANG, a township-chapelry in Kirkby Stephen parish, Westmoreland; on the river Eden, under Wild Boar fell, 3 miles SSE of Kirkby-Stephen r. station. Post town, Kirkby-Stephen, under Penrith. Acres, 1,944., real property, £1,899; of which £15 are in mines. Pop., 232. Houses, 43. Much of the surface is upland. Wild Boar fell rises on the southern-extremity, and commands a very fine view. A bridge, built in 1661 by the Countess of Pembroke, crosses the Eden. Pendragon Castle, situated on the Eden, sprang from a fortalice of Uter Pendragon in the time of Vortigern's; was burnt by the Scots in 1541; underwent complete repair in 1661; was taken. and dismantled by the Earl of Thenet in 1.681; and is now represented by a.ruined square tower, with walls 12 feet thick. Castlethwaite, opposite Pendragon Castle, has a small ancient entrenchment, with ditch and vallum. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlislsle. Value, not reported-Patron, Sir R. Tuftons, Bart The church was rebuilt in 1.663, by the Countess of Pembroke..


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a township-chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Westmorland AncC
Place: Mallerstang

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