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Mallerstang, Westmorland

Historical Description

Mallerstang, a village, a township, and an ecclesiastical parish in Kirkby Stephen parish, Westmorland, on the river Eden, under Wild Boar Fell, 3 miles SSE of Kirkby Stephen railway station. The township comprises the hamlets of Castlethwaite, Southwaite, Hanging Lund, Shoregill, and Outhgill. The latter has a post office under Kirkby Stephen; money order and telegraph office, Kirkby Stephen. Acreage, 8347 of land and 33 of water; population, 232. Much of the surface is upland. Wild Boar Fell rises on the southern extremity, and commands a very fine view. A bridge, built in 1661 by the Countess of Pembroke, crosses the Eden. Pendragon Castle, situated on the Eden, sprang from a fort-alice of Uther Pendragon in the time ofVortigern; was burnt by the Scots in 1541; underwent complete repair in 1661; was taken and dismantled by the Earl of Thanet in 1681; and is now represented by a mined square tower, with walls 12 feet thick. Castlewaite, opposite Pendragon Castle, has a small ancient entrenchment, with ditch and vallnm. The river Eden rises here, ana"'the sources of the rivers Swale and Ure are near here. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle; net value, £128 with residence. Patron, Lord Hothfield, who is lord of the manor. The church is at Onth-gill, was rebuilt in 1663 by the Countess of Pembroke, and partly restored in 1879 by Lord Hothfield. There is also a Wesleyan chapel at Outhgill, erected in 1878.

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 CountyWestmorland 
Civil parishKirkby Stephen 
Poor Law unionEast ward 
WardEast 

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


Directories & Gazetteers

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Land and Property

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