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CLIBURN, a parish in West Ward district, Westmoreland: on the river Lyvennet, and on the Eden Valley railway, 7 miles NW of Appleby. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Penrith. Acres, 1, 360. Real property, £1, 995. Pop., 367. Houses, 58. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged to the Talebois, the Harveys, and the Cliburns. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £188.* Patron, the Bishop of Carlisle. The church is old but good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £24.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Cliburn Parish West Ward Poor Law Union/Registration District Westmorland Ancient County |
| Place: | Cliburn |
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