Crook, Westmorland

Historical Description

Crook, a township-chapelry in Kendal parish, Westmorland, 2 miles from Bumside railway station, and 4 WNW of Kendal. It has a post office under Kendal; money order and telegraph office, Staveley. Area, 2119 acres; population of the township, 250; of the ecclesiastical district, 293. Crook Hall was the seat of the Philipsons. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle; net value, £150 with residence. Patron, the Vicar of Kendal.

Administration

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

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Crook from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Crook)

Land and Property

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