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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kirkthwaite like this:
KIRKTHWAITE, a chapelry in Sedbergh parish, W. R. Yorkshire; near the Ingleton railway, the Sedbergh r. station, and the boundary with Westmoreland. It was constituted in 1865; and its post town, is Sedbergh, under Kendal. Pop., 450. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £31. Patron, the Bishop of Ripon.
Kirkthwaite 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 Kirkthwaite itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kirkthwaite, in Westmorland and Furness and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24834
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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