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.
HAVERTHWAITE, a village in Colton parish, and a chapelry in Colton and Cartmel parishes, Lancashire. The village stands on the river Leven, 2¾ miles SW of Newby-Bridge, and 5¼ N by W of Cark and Cartmel r. station; and has a post office under Newton-in-Cartmel. The chapelry was constituted in 1844, and enlarged in 1858. Real property, £4, 834; of which £100 are in ironworks. Pop., 1, 099. Houses, 218. Pop. of the Colton portion, 540. Houses, 107. The landowners are J. P. Machell and A. B. Dickson, Esqs. The iron works are in Blackborrow. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £127.* Patron, alternately the Incumbent of Colton and the Bishop of Carlisle. The church is a neat edifice, with a tower; and stands in a pretty spot.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Cartmel CP/AP Colton AP/CP/Ch Lancashire AncC |
| Place: | Haverthwaite |
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