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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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HUGIL, a township and a chapelry in Kendal parish, Westmoreland. The township lies on the Kendal and Windermere railway, 2 miles E of Windermere; and contains the hamlets of Ings, Grass-Garth, and BorwickFold. Post town, Kendal. Real property, £2, 069. Pop., 391. Houses, 71. Hugil Hall was the seat of P. Collinson, the naturalist and antiquary. Reston Scar is a prominent feature in the valley. The chapelry includes parts of Hngil and Over-Staveley; and is sometimes called Ings. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £100.* Patron, the Vicar of Kendal. The church is at Ings; and was built in 1743, by Bateman, a wealthy merchant and a native. Bateman's almshouses have £67 a year, and Wilson's school has £12.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Kendal Tn/AP/CP Westmorland AncC |
| Place: | Hugill |
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