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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Barbon like this:
BARBON, a chapelry in Kirkby-Lonsdale parish, Westmoreland; on the river Lune and the Ingleton railway, under Casterton fell, 3 miles NNE of Kirkby-Lonsdale. It has a station on the railway, and includes the hamlet of Beckfoot. Its Post Town is Kirkby-Lonsdale, under Burton-in-Kendal. Acres, 4,204. Real property, £2,568. Pop., 364. Houses, 60. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £80. Patron, the Vicar of K.-L.
Barbon 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 Barbon itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Barbon, in Westmorland and Furness and Westmorland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6229
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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