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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hincaster like this:
HINCASTER, a township in Heversham parish, Westmoreland; near the Lancaster canal and the Lancaster and Carlisle railway, 4 miles S of Kendal. Acres, 770. Real property, £1, 756. Pop., 143. Houses, 26. The manor belongs to Lady Howard. A Roman station is supposed to have been here.
Hincaster 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 Hincaster itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hincaster, in Westmorland and Furness and Westmorland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2458
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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