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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Crook like this:
CROOK, a township-chapelry in Kendal parish, Westmoreland; 2¾ miles SSW of Staveley r. station, and 4 WNW of Kendal. Post town, Kendal. Real property, £1, 711. Pop., 258. Houses, 51. The property is much subdivided. Crook Hall was the seat of the Philipsons. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £77.* Patron, the vicar of Kendal. The church is tolerable.
Crook 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 Crook itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Crook, in Westmorland and Furness and Westmorland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2818
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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