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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Lowick like this:
LOWICK, a township-chapelry in Ulverstone parish, Lancashire; on the river Crake, 5 miles N of Ulverstone r. station. Post town, Newton-in-Cartmel. Acres, 1,900. Real property, £2,382. Pop., 468. Houses, 86. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to the Gaskarth family. Lowick Bridge, ¾ of a mile N of the church, commands a fine view of Coniston-water and Coniston-fells. ...
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle. Valne, £10 4. Patrons, Mrs. Gaskarth and sisters. The church is a small edifice, covered, over both walls and roof with blue slate. Charities, £6.
Lowick is now part of WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Lowick itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Lowick, in Westmorland and Furness and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10648
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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