Sleagill, Westmorland

Historical Description

Sleagill, a village and a township in Morland parish, Westmorland, 3½ miles NE of Shap station on the L. & N.W.R. Post town, Shap; money order and telegraph office, Morland. Acreage of township, 1384; population, 122. The Earl of Lonsdale is lord of the manor. There is a slightly endowed school.

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 Sleagill from the following:

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

Land and Property

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