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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Crackenthorpe like this:
CRACKENTHORPE, a township in Appleby-St. Michael parish, Westmoreland; on the Maiden w ay and the river Eden, 2 miles NW of Appleby. Acres, 1, 344. Real property, with Bampton, £3, 710. Pop., 130. Houses, 23. Crackenthorpe Hall was anciently the seat of the Machels; and belongs now to the Earl of Lonsdale. Ruins of an ancient chapel are on Chapel-hill. Remains exist of a Roman camp, 900 feet by 450; and Roman urns and other relics have been found.
Crackenthorpe 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 Crackenthorpe itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Crackenthorpe, in Westmorland and Furness and Westmorland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1997
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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