Mansergh, Westmorland

Historical Description

Mansergh, a township and an ecclesiastical parish in Kirkby Lonsdale parish, Westmorland, on the river Lune, and 8½ miles N of Kirkby Lonsdale station on the L. & N.W.R. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Kirkby Lonsdale. Acreage, 2668; population, 239. Mansergh Hall is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle; gross value, £189 with residence. Patron, the Vicar of Kirkby Lonsdale. The church is ancient and good.

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 Mansergh from the following:

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

Land and Property

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