Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LUPTON

LUPTON, a township in Kirkby-Lonsdale parish, Westmoreland; near the river Lune, 4 miles NW by N of Kirkby-Lonsdale. It includes the hamlet of Cowbrow. Acres, 3,439. Real property, £2,987. Pop., 229. Houses, 40. Lupton fell is a prominent feature; and Lupton Hall is a chief residence.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Kirkby Lonsdale AP/CP       Lupton Tn/Ch/CP       Westmorland AncC
Place: Lupton

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