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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hackthorpe like this:
HACKTHORPE, a township in Lowther parish, Westmoreland; on the Lancaster and Carlisle railway, 5 miles S by E of Penrith. Real property, with Whale, £1, 556. Pop., 110. An old seat here belonged to successively the Hackthorpes, the Stricklands, and the Lowthers.
Hackthorpe 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 Hackthorpe itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hackthorpe, in Westmorland and Furness and Westmorland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24638
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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