In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Grange like this:
GRANGE, a chapelry in Crosthwaite parish, Cumberland; in Borrowdale, 4¼ miles S by W of Keswick r. station. Post town, Keswick, under Windermere. The statistics are returned with the parish. The scenery is charming. The monks of Furness laid up at Grange their stores of grain and tithe. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £30. Patron, Miss Heathcote. The church is recent; and there is a dissenting chapel.
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Grange through time
Grange is now part of Allerdale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Allerdale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Grange itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Grange, in Allerdale and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24560
Date accessed: 09th May 2024
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