Hugill, Westmorland

Historical Description

Hugill, a township and a chapelry in Kendal parish, Westmorland. The township lies 1 mile from Kendal station on the L. & N.W.R., 2 miles E of Windermere, and contains the hamlets of Ings, Grass Garth, and Berwick Fold. Post town, money order and telegraph office, Staveley, Kendal. Acreage, 2901; population, 559. The Earl of Lonsdale is lord of the manor. Hugill Hall was the seat of P. Collinson, the naturalist and antiquary. Eeston Scar is a prominent feature in the valley. A site of a British village, inclosed by a stone wall, and with a number of hut circles, has been found on Hugill Fell. The chapelry is sometimes called Hugill or Ings. Population, 272. The living is a vicarage in the

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 Hugill from the following:

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

Land and Property

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