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MILNTHORPE, a village, a chapelry, and a sub-district, in Kendal district, Westmoreland. The village stands on the river Kent, at the influx of the river Beetha, near the Lancaster and Carlisle railway, 2½ miles N of the boundary with Lancashire, and 8 S of Kendal; consists chiefly of one long well built street, with some handsome houses in the environs; has undergone extensive modern improvement; is a small seaport, the only one in the county, carrying on commerce chiefly in a coasting trade; is also a seat of petty sessions; and has a head post office,‡ a railway station with telegraph, a good inn, a church, an Independent chapel, and a national school. The church was built in 1837; and is a handsome edifice, in the lancet style. One of two workhouses of the Kendal district stands a short distance to the NE; and was built in 1813, at a cost of £5,000. Dallam Tower, the seat of the Wilson family, stands adjacent on the left bank of the Beetha. A weekly-market is held on Friday; fairs, for. cattle, sheep, and horses, are held on 12 May and 17 Oct.; the manufacture of twine, sheeting, sacking, sailcloth, and coarse woollens, and the working of paper mills and flax mills are carried on; and there are, in the neighbourhood, extensive quarries of limestone and marble.—The chapelry includes the village, is in Heversham parish, and was constituted in 1838. Rated property, £3,979. Pop., 1,073. Houses, 213. The property is subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £120. Patron, the Vicar of Heversham.—The sub-district contains six townships of Heversham, four of Beetham, and two of Kendal. Pop., 5,994. Houses, 1,139.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a chapelry, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Milnthorpe PA/CP Kendal RegD/PLU Westmorland AncC |
| Place: | Milnthorpe |
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