Crackenthorpe, Kent

Historical Description

Crackenthorpe, a village in Appleby-St Michael or Bongate parish, Westmorland, on the Maiden Way and the river Eden, 2 miles NW of Appleby. Crackenthorpe Hall was anciently the seat of the Michels, and belongs now to the Earl of Lonsdale. Ruins of an ancient chapel are on Chapel Hill. Remains exist of a Roman camp 900 feet by 450, and Roman urns and other relics have been found.

Administration

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

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

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Crackenthorpe from the following:

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

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Kent newspapers online:

• Kent & Sussex Courier
• Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald
• Dover Express
• Kentish Gazette
• Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald
• Kentish Chronicle
• Maidstone Telegraph

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Kent, 1619 is available on the Heraldry page, as is also The Visitation of Kent, 1663-68.