A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
PRESTON-PATRICK, a township-chapelry in Burton-in-Kendal parish, Westmoreland; on the river Beetha, 3½ miles N-E of Milnthorpe r. station. Post-town, Miln-thorpe. Acres, 3, 580. Real property, £4,097. Pop., 488. Houses, 86. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to the Earl of Lonsdale. P. Hallwas the seat of the Prestons, and became a farm-house. An abbey was founded in the parish, in 1119, by T. Cospatrick; and was removed, in 1150, to Shap. A hill adjacent to the church has a moat, called Swainshaw-Bank Abbey. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £132.* Patrons, the Landowners. The church is good; and there are charities £14.
(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: | Preston Patrick |
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