A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
KABER, a township in Kirkby-Stephen parish, Westmoreland; 2½ miles NE of Kirkby-Stephen. Acres, 3, 962. Real property, with Brough-Sowerby, £3, 664. Pop., 268. Houses, 47. The manor belonged to the Kaberghs, and passed to the Fulthorps, the Wandesworths, and the Wadesons. A republican rising, known as the Kaber-Rigg Plot, took place here in 1663. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel and a free school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Kaber Tn/CP Kirkby Stephen CP/AP Westmorland AncC |
| Place: | Kaber |
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