Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FINSTHWAITE, or Finthwaite

FINSTHWAITE, or Finthwaite, a chapelry in Colton parish, Lancashire; near the foot of Windermere, 7 miles N of Cark and Cartmel r. station, and 8 NE of Ulverstone. Post town, Newby-Bridge, under Newton-in-Cartmel. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £76. Patrons, Landowners.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Colton AP/CP/Ch       Lancashire AncC
Place names: FINSTHWAITE     |     FINSTHWAITE OR FINTHWAITE     |     FINTHWAITE
Place: Finsthwaite

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