Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for THRIMBY

THRIMBY, a chapelry, with two townships, in Morland parish, Westmoreland; 3 miles N of Shap r. station. Post town, Shap, Westmoreland. Acres, 2,278. Real property, £1,990. Pop., 201. Houses, 35. The manor belonged to the Thirnebys; and passed, through the Haveringtons and others, to the Lowthers. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £80. Patron, the Vicar of Morland. The church was rebuilt in 1814.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a chapelry, with two townships"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Morland AP/CP       Thrimby Ch/Tn/CP       Westmorland AncC
Place: Thrimby

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