A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
CROSTHWAITE AND LYTH, a chapelry in Heversham parish, Westmoreland; on an affluent of the river Kent, under Whitbarrow fell, 4½ miles W by S of Kendal r. station. It has a post office, of the name of Crosthwaite, under Milnthorpe. Acres, 7, 956; of which 76 are water. Real property, £6, 765. Pop., 740. Houses, 134. The property is much divided. There are lime-kilns, a paper-mill, and a hoop-manufactory. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £113. Patrons, the Landowners. The church is old but good. A school has £52 from endowment; and other charities £182.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Heversham CP/AP Westmorland AncC |
| Place: | Crosthwaite |
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