Shap
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Description
Ancient parish in West ward, Westmorland, including chapelries of Swindale and Mardale. Divided 1904 into Shap Urban and Shap Rural CPs; this entry treats whole of ancient parish.....manor of Shap held by Curwens of Workington before being granted to Shap Abbey. At Dissolution passed to Lord Wharton and was later sold to Robert Lowther, from whom it descended to earls of Lonsdale. Mardale and part of Swindale lay in Thornthwaite Forest (see Bampton). Manor of Rosgill held by Rosgill family in 13th and 14th centuries.... -
Owner
Cumbria County History Trust -
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Further information
Link: https://www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/township/shap
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