A vision of Britain through time
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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.
SELSIDE, a township and a chapelry in Kendal parish, Westmoreland. The township lies 3 miles N N E of Burneside r. station, and 4 N by E of Kendal; and bearsthe name of Selside and Whitwell. Real property, £2, 384. Pop., 257. Houses, 43. The manor belongs to the Hon. Mrs. F. G. Howard. A seat of the Thornburgh familywas here, and has left some traces. The chapelry islarger than the township. Post-town, Kendal. Pop., 308. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £94. Patrons, the Landowners. The church was built in 1720, and reconstructed in 1838. There is an endowed school with £50 a year.
(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: | Kendal Tn/AP/CP Whitwell and Selside Ch/Tn/CP Westmorland AncC |
| Place: | Selside |
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