In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hackthorpe like this:
HACKTHORPE, a township in Lowther parish, Westmoreland; on the Lancaster and Carlisle railway, 5 miles S by E of Penrith. Real property, with Whale, £1, 556. Pop., 110. An old seat here belonged to successively the Hackthorpes, the Stricklands, and the Lowthers.
Additional information about this locality is available for Lowther
Hackthorpe through time
Hackthorpe is now part of Eden district. Click here for graphs and data of how Eden has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hackthorpe itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hackthorpe, in Eden and Westmorland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24638
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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