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Sockbridge with Tirril Township, 1848


SOCKBRIDGE, a township, in the parish of Barton, West ward and union, county of Westmorland, 3 miles (S.S.W.) from Penrith; containing 250 inhabitants. It is situated on the south bank of the river Eamont, and abounds with limestone. The ancient Hall, a quadrangular building with a tower, has been converte.

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.

Sockbridge and Tirril now form the Civil Parish of Sockbridge and Tirril.

Sockbridge and Tirril Civil Parish Barton Parish, Westmorland, 1848 Sockbridge
Barton Parish, Westmorland, 1848
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Barton Parish, Westmorland, 1848
- BARTON (St. Michael), a parish, in West ward and union, county of Westmorland, 4 miles (S.W. by S.) from Penrith; comprising the chapelries of Martindale and Patterdale-with-Hartsop, and the townships …

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