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KIRKBY-THORE, a village, a township, and a parish, in East Ward district, Westmoreland. The village stands on the river Eden, at the influx of the Trontheck stream, and on the Eden Valley railway, 2½ miles from the boundary with Cumberland, and 4½ NW by N of Appleby; is a very ancient place; took its affix name of Thore, either from a temple dedicated to the Scandinavian god Thor, or from the old British word for a tower; and has a station on the railway, and a post office‡ under Penrith. A place in the vicinity, called High Burwens, is believed to be the Roman station Brovonacæ, on the Maiden way; and has furnished many Roman relics, including coins, urns, altars, and fragments of various buildings. Burwens Hill also, in the neighbourhood, is believed to have had a Roman out camp, on a way which went over Cross Fell to Bewcastle. The township comprises 4, 572 acres. Pop., 455. Houses, 104. The parish contains also the townships of Temple-Sowerby and Milbourne, and comprises 11, 030 acres. Real property, with Newbiggin, £9, 402. Pop. of K. T. parish alone, 1, 153. Houses, 241. The property of K. T. township is divided among a few; that also of T. S. township is divided among a few; and that of M. township is much subdivided. The manor belonged once to the Whelps of Whelp Castle; passed to the Whartons; and belongs now to Sir Richard Tufton, Bart. Whelp Castle is supposed to have been built out of the Roman station. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £959.* Patron, Sir R. Tufton, Bart. The church is early English, in good condition; has a tower; and contains an old cross, and monuments of the Dalstons. The p. curacies of Temple-Sowerby and Milbourne are separate benefices. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £9.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a township, and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Kirkby Thorpe AP/CP East Ward RegD/PLU Westmorland AncC |
| Place: | Kirkby Thore |
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