Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Knipe

Knipe, hamlet, Bampton par., Westmorland, on river Lowther, 4 miles NW. of Shap; in vicinity is Knipe Scar. Knipe was the birthplace of Edmund Gibson (1669-1748), archaeologist.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Bampton Parish       Westmorland Ancient County
Place: Knipe

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