A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
FLOOKBURGH, a village and a chapelry in Cartmel parish, Lancashire. The village stands ½ a-mile SSE of Cark r. station, and 5½ ESE of Ulverston; was once a market town; has a post office under Newton-in-Cartmel, and two good inns; and is frequented by persons using the waters of Holywell medicinal spring, about 2 miles distant. The chapelry includes the village, and appears to be conterminate with Lower Holker township. Acres, 2, 130. Rated property, £4, 040. Pop., 1, 160. Houses, 243. The property is subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £121.* Patron, the Duke of Devonshire. The church was repaired and enlarged in 1838.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Cartmel CP/AP Lancashire AncC |
| Place: | Flookburgh |
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