In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Crosscrake like this:
CROSSCRAKE, a chapelry, with a village, in Heversham parish, Westmoreland; adjacent to the Kendal canal, the river Ken, and the Lancaster and Carlisle railway, 1½ mile SSW of Oxenholme r. station, and 3¼ S of Kendal. Post town, Stainton, under Milnthorpe. Rated property, £2, 178. Pop., 544. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £145.* Patron, the Vicar of Heversham. The church is tolerable.
Additional information about this locality is available for Heversham
Crosscrake through time
Crosscrake is now part of South Lakeland district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Lakeland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Crosscrake itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Crosscrake, in South Lakeland and Westmorland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25376
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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