Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LUNEDALE

LUNEDALE, a township in Romaldkirk parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Lune, 11 miles NW by W of Barnard-Castle. It contains the hamlets of Birtle, Bowbank, Carbeck, Grasholme, Laith, Thwingarth, and Wemergill. Acres, 21,680. Real property, £3,174. Pop., 389. Houses, 63. There are a chapel of ease, chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, and an endowed school with £10 a year.


(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: Lunedale CP/Tn       Romaldkirk CP/AP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Lunedale

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