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Threlkeld, Cumberland

Historical Description

Threlkeld, a township and an ancient ecclesiastical parish in Greystoke barony of Cumberland, on the Cockermouth, Keswick, and Penrith railway, under Saddleback Mountain, 4 miles ENE of Keswick. There is a post and money order office under Penrith, and a railway station with telegraph. Acreage of township, 5956; population, 496; of the ecclesiastical parish, 529. There is a parish council consisting flf eight members. Threlkeld Hall was the seat of Sir L. Threlkeld in the time of Henry VII., became the retreat of " the good Lord Clifford " in his persecuted boyhood, is now partly ruinous, partly a farmhouse, and is noticed by Wordsworth in his " Waggoner." The manor belongs to the Earl of Lonsdale. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle; gross value, £166 with residence. Patron, the Earl of Lonsdale. The church consists of chancel, nave, and western tower.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyCumberland 
Civil parishGreystock 
Poor Law unionPenrith 
WardLeath 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Threlkeld from the following:


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cumberland is available to browse.


Maps

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Villages, Hamlets, &c

Wescow

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Cumberland, 1615 is available on the Heraldry page.

DistrictEden
CountyCumbria
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtCA12
Post TownKeswick

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