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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Warcop like this:
WARCOP, a parish, with four hamlets, in East Ward district, Westmoreland; on the river Eden, and on the Eden Valley railway, 3 miles WNW of Brough. It has a post-office under Penrith, and a r. station. Acres. 10,020. Real property, £6,360. Pop., 806. Houses, 153. The property is much subdivided. ...
The manor belonged anciently to the Warcops; and passed to the Brathwaites, the Stephensons, and the Prestons. A castle of the Warcops stood at Castle Hill, and was used as a quarry for building Kirkby-Stephen church. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £194.* Patron, the Rev. W. S. Preston. The church is good; and there are two dissenting chapels, and charities £36.
Warcop 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 Warcop itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Warcop, in Westmorland and Furness and Westmorland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2035
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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