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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sockbridge like this:
SOCKBRIDGE AND TIRRIL, a township, with two hamlets, in Barton parish, Westmoreland; 2 miles SSW of Penrith. Acres, 11,818. Real property, £1,784. Pop., 245. Houses, 47. S. Hall was the seat of the Lancasters, and is now a farm-house.
Sockbridge 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 Sockbridge itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sockbridge, in Westmorland and Furness and Westmorland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3320
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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