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.
CRACKENTHORPE, a township in Appleby-St. Michael parish, Westmoreland; on the Maiden w ay and the river Eden, 2 miles NW of Appleby. Acres, 1, 344. Real property, with Bampton, £3, 710. Pop., 130. Houses, 23. Crackenthorpe Hall was anciently the seat of the Machels; and belongs now to the Earl of Lonsdale. Ruins of an ancient chapel are on Chapel-hill. Remains exist of a Roman camp, 900 feet by 450; and Roman urns and other relics have been found.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Appleby St Michael CP/AP Westmorland AncC |
| Place: | Crackenthorpe |
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