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| | Images Of Cumbria - Parish of Burton-In-Kendal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | PRESTON PATRICK is a large township and chapelry, containing the small hamlets of Gatebeck, Goose Green, Millness, and Nook, with a number of dispersed dwellings extending from four to six miles N. by E. of Burton, on the E. side of the river Belo. |
 | | It was sold in the 18th century to the Charteris family, of Hornby castle, one of whom, in 1773, enfranchised the tenants for the sum or £5130. |
 | | The Earl of Lonsdale is now lord of the manor, and owner of the Preston hall estate, occupied by a farmer. |
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