Hackthorpe
Hackthorpe is a village in the Eden district of Cumbria, adjacent to the village of Lowther and located about 4 miles south-east of Penrith. Hackthorpe is part of the Civil Parish of Lowther, and was previously a township in the ancient Parish of Lowther in Westmorland.
HACTHORPE, a township, in the parish of Lowther, West ward and union, county of Westmorland; containing 102 inhabitants. The Lancaster and Carlisle railway passes through the village, close by Lowther Park gates. The old Hall, now a farmhouse, was the birthplace of John, first Viscount Lonsdale.
Extract from: A Topographical Dictionary of England comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships..... 7th Edition, by Samuel Lewis, London, 1848.
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