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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Howgill like this:
HOWGILL, a chapelry in Sedbergh parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the river Lune, under Howgill Fell, at the boundary with Westmoreland, 2 miles SE by S of Low Gill r. station, and 3 NW of Sedbergh. Post town, Sedbergh, under Kendal. The statistics are returned with the parish. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £80. Patron, the Vicar of Sedbergh.
Howgill 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 Howgill itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Howgill, in Westmorland and Furness and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25479
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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