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HAWKESDALE, a township in Dalston parish, Cumberland; near the river Caldew, 6½ miles SSW of Carlisle. Real property, £4, 668. Pop., 336. Houses, 82. Rose Castle here is the residence of the Bishop of Carlisle; and Hawkesdale Hall belonged to Nicholson, the antiquary, and passed to the Wattses.
(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: | Dalston AP/CP Cumberland AncC |
Place: | Hawkesdale |
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