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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.
STAVELEY, a village, two townships, and a chapelry, in Kendal parish, Westmoreland. The village stands on the river Kent, adjacent to the Windermere railway, 4½ miles NW of Kendal; was once a market-town; and has a post-office under Kenda1, and a r. station. The townships are Nether S. and Over S. Real property, £2,038 and £2,010. Pop., 294 and 705. Houses, 54 and 141. The manor belongs to the Earl of Lonsdale. The chapelry consists of the two townships. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £120.* Patron, the Vicar of Kendal. The church was rebuilt in 1865, and is in the early English style. Drunken Barnaby was a resident.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, two townships, and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Kendal Tn/AP/CP Staveley Ch Westmorland AncC |
| Place: | Staveley |
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