Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HAVERBRACK

HAVERBRACK, a township in Beetham parish, Westmoreland; on the river Kent, 1½ mile SW of Milnthorpe. Acres, 923; of which 268 are water. Real property, £1, 013. Pop., 77. Houses, 17. The manor belonged to Conishead priory; was given, at the dissolution, to the Thornburghs; and passed to the Wilsons. Dallam Tower, the seat of the Thornburghs, was rebuilt in 1720, by the Wilsons.


(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: Beetham AP/CP       Haverbrack CP/Tn       Westmorland AncC
Place: Haverbrack

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