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WYTHOP, a chapelry, comprising W. township and W.-Mill extra-parochial tract, in Cockermouth district, Cumberland; on Bassenthwaite-water, at Bassenthwaite r. station, 5 miles ESE of Cockermouth. Post town, Cockermouth. Rated property, £622. Pop., 99. Houses, 18. The property is much subdivided. W. township is in Lorton parish. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £51. Patrons, the L and owners. The church was rebuilt in 1867. Hudson, the Editor of "Josephus,'' was a native.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Cumberland AncC |
Place: | Wythop |
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