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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.
RUSLAND, a chapelry in Colton parish, Lancashire; 5½ miles S by W of Hawkshead, and 8 N N E of Ulverston r. station. It was constituted in 1844; and its post town is Newton-in-Cartmel. Pop., 178. Houses, 36. R. Hall is the seat ofD. Archibald, Esq.; Whitestock Hall, of the Rev. J. Romney; and Thwaite Moss, of E. Twisaday, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of . Carlisle. Value, £64.* Patron, the Vicar of Colton. The church is good; and there is a Quakers' chapel, supposed to have been founded by George Fox.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Colton AP/CP/Ch Lancashire AncC |
| Place: | Rusland |
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