Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HACKTHORPE

HACKTHORPE, a township in Lowther parish, Westmoreland; on the Lancaster and Carlisle railway, 5 miles S by E of Penrith. Real property, with Whale, £1, 556. Pop., 110. An old seat here belonged to successively the Hackthorpes, the Stricklands, and the Lowthers.


(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: Lowther CP/AP       Westmorland AncC
Place: Hackthorpe

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