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THORNTHWAITE, a township and a chapelry in Crossthwaite parish, Cumberland. The township lies 1½ mile NNW of Braithwaite r. station, and 3 NW by W of Keswick. Real property, £1,124; of which £20 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 275; in 1861, 153. Houses, 35. The chapelry was constituted in 1841. Post town, Keswick, under Windermere. Pop., 530. Houses, 109. The property is subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £140.* Patrons, the Vicar of Crossthwaite and the Incumbent of St. John, Keswick. The church is good.
(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: | Cumberland AncC |
Place: | Thornthwaite |
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