Lowick, Lancashire
Historical Description
Lowick, a parish in Lancashire, on the river Crake, 5 miles N of Ulverston, and 2 from Greenodd station on the Furness railway. Post town, Ulverston; money order and telegraph office, Greenodd. Acreage, including Kildray and Knapperthaw, 2261; population, 396. The manor belongs to the Montagu family. Lowick Bridge, three-quarters of a mile N of the church, commands a fine view of Coniston Water and Coniston Fells. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle; gross value, £170 with residence. The church is a building in the Early English style, erected in 1885 on the site of the old one, and consists of chancel, nave, and a western embattled tower.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Lancashire | |
Civil parish | Ulverston | |
Hundred | Lonsdale north of the Sands | |
Poor Law union | Ulverston |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
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Civil Registration
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Directories & Gazetteers
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Land and Property
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Newspapers and Periodicals
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