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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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WARCOP, a parish, with four hamlets, in East Ward district, Westmoreland; on the river Eden, and on the Eden Valley railway, 3 miles WNW of Brough. It has a post-office under Penrith, and a r. station. Acres. 10,020. Real property, £6,360. Pop., 806. Houses, 153. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged anciently to the Warcops; and passed to the Brathwaites, the Stephensons, and the Prestons. A castle of the Warcops stood at Castle Hill, and was used as a quarry for building Kirkby-Stephen church. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £194.* Patron, the Rev. W. S. Preston. The church is good; and there are two dissenting chapels, and charities £36.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with four hamlets" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Warcop CP/AP East Ward RegD/PLU Westmorland AncC |
| Place: | Warcop |
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