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IVEGILL, or HIGHHEAD, a township and a chapelry in Dalston parish, Cumberland; in Inglewood forest, 3¼ miles SW of Southwaite r. station, and 9 S by E of Carlisle. Post town, Dalston, under Carlisle. Pop. of the township, £126; of the chapelry, £526. Highhead Castle here belonged to the Harclas, the Dacres, the L'Englises, and others; and has left some remains. The living is a vicarage in the dio. of Carlisle. Value, £300. Patron, the Vicar of Dalston. The church was built in 1867.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a township and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Dalston AP/CP Ivegill Ch Cumberland AncC |
Place names: | HIGHHEAD | IVEGILL | IVEGILL OR HIGHHEAD |
Place: | Ivegill |
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