Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KABER

KABER, a township in Kirkby-Stephen parish, Westmoreland; 2½ miles NE of Kirkby-Stephen. Acres, 3, 962. Real property, with Brough-Sowerby, £3, 664. Pop., 268. Houses, 47. The manor belonged to the Kaberghs, and passed to the Fulthorps, the Wandesworths, and the Wadesons. A republican rising, known as the Kaber-Rigg Plot, took place here in 1663. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel and a free school.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Kaber Tn/CP       Kirkby Stephen CP/AP       Westmorland AncC
Place: Kaber

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