Mansriggs is a settlement and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

in the South Lakeland district, in the county of

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, England. Because of its small population, in the 2011 census the parish was grouped with Osmotherley. It has a joint parish council with

Egton with Newland Egton with Newland, sometimes written as "Egton-with-Newland", is a civil parish in the South Lakeland district of the English county of Cumbria. It includes the villages of Greenodd and Penny Bridge, and the hamlets of Arrad Foot, Newland and ...

and Osmotherley. Mansriggs was ''Manslarig'' in 1520. Mansriggs Hall is a two-storey farmhouse in the parish. The parish contains one

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, a bridge, and one

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, a former blast furnace, blacking mill, and associated buildings.

References

External links

Cumbria County History Trust: Mansriggs
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Mansriggs
historical and genealogical information at

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