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CROOK, a township-chapelry in Kendal parish, Westmoreland; 2¾ miles SSW of Staveley r. station, and 4 WNW of Kendal. Post town, Kendal. Real property, £1, 711. Pop., 258. Houses, 51. The property is much subdivided. Crook Hall was the seat of the Philipsons. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £77.* Patron, the vicar of Kendal. The church is tolerable.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township-chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Crook Parish Kendal Parish Westmorland Ancient County |
| Place: | Crook |
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