Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CARK

CARK, a village on the west coast of Morecambe bay in Lancashire; 2 miles SW by S of Cartmel. It has a post office under Newton-in-Cartmel, and a station, jointly with Cartmel, on the Ulverstone and Lancaster railway; and a public coach runs daily from it to Newby Bridge.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lancashire Ancient County
Place: Cark

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