A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
APPLETHWAITE, a township and a chapelry in Windermere parish, Westmoreland. The township contains Windermere village and r. station, includes part of Windermere lake, and extends southward from the mouth of Troutbeck vale to about a mile from Bowness. Post Town, Windermere. Acres, 5,320 of land, and 911 of water. Pop., 1,285. Houses, 187. An upland tract on the NE side, between Troutbeck and Kentmere, is Applethwaite Common. The chapelry is less extensive than the township, and was constituted in 1856. Pop., 1,235. Houses, 179. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £120. Patron, the Bishop of Carlisle. See Windermere.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Applethwaite CP/Tn Windermere CP Westmorland AncC |
| Place: | Applethwaite |
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