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STRICKLAND (Great and Little), two townships in Morland parish, Westmoreland; 4¼ miles N of Shap-Acres, 2,265 and 772. Real property, £1,856 and £845. Pop., 308 and 114. Houses, 57 and 22. Great S. belonged to the Stricklands till the time of Henry VI., and passed to the Fallow fields; and it was the birth-place, in 1396, of Bishop de Strickland. Little S. belonged to the Crackenthorpes.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "two townships" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Morland Parish Westmorland Ancient County |
| Place: | Great Strickland |
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