A vision of Britain through time
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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.
MATTERDALE, a chapelry in Greystoke parish, Cumberland; containing a wild mountain vale of its own name, 3 miles S by E of Troutheck r. station, and 8½ E of Keswick. Post town, Penrith. Acres, 7,313. Real property, £1,499. Pop., 420. Houses, 69. The property is subdivided. The vale has interesting features, is drained toward Ulleswater, and adjoins some highly picturesque scenery, but is flanked by tame and barren moor and mountain. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle. Valne, £115. Patron, the Rector of Greystoke. The church is good; and there are an endowed school with £13 a year, and charities £6.
(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: | Greystoke AP/CP Matterdale Ch/CP/Tn Cumberland AncC |
| Place: | Matterdale |
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