Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CROOK

CROOK, a township-chapelry in Kendal parish, Westmoreland; 2¾ miles SSW of Staveley r. station, and 4 WNW of Kendal. Post town, Kendal. Real property, £1, 711. Pop., 258. Houses, 51. The property is much subdivided. Crook Hall was the seat of the Philipsons. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £77.* Patron, the vicar of Kendal. The church is tolerable.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township-chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Crook Ch/Tn/CP       Kendal Tn/AP/CP       Westmorland AncC
Place: Crook

Go to the linked place page for a location map, and for access to other historical writing about the place. Pages for linked administrative units may contain historical statistics and information on boundaries.