Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HILBECK

HILBECK, a township in Brough parish, Westmoreland; 1 mile N of Brough. Pop., 76. Houses, 14. The manor belonged anciently to the Hillbecks; passed, in the time of Edward II., to the Blenkinsops; and belongs now to William Wilkinson, Esq.


(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: Brough Ch/AP/CP       Westmorland AncC
Place: Hillbeck

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