Lowther is a

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Westmorland and Furness Westmorland and Furness is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Cumbria, England. The economy is mainly focused on tourism around both the Lake District and Cumbria Coast, shipbuilding and the Royal Port of Barrow, Royal ...

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. Within the parish are the settlements of Lowther Village, Newtown or Lowther Newtown,

Hackthorpe Hackthorpe is a hamlet in Westmorland and Furness, in the county of Cumbria, England. Circa 1870, it had a population of 110 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. Location It is located on the A6 road just south of Low ...

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, and

Melkinthorpe Melkinthorpe is a hamlet in the civil parish of Lowther, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It is near the villages of Hackthorpe and Cliburn. Circa 1870, it had a population of 99 as recorded in the I ...

. At the 2001 census the parish had a population of 402, increasing to 465 at the 2011 Census. The parish council meets at the Lowther Parish Hall in Hackthorpe. Lowther Endowed

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is also at Hackthorpe. Most of the land in the parish belongs to the Lowther family estates. The family seat of the Lowthers was formerly

Lowther Castle Lowther Castle is a ruined country house in Lowther, Cumbria, Lowther, Cumbria, England. The estate has belonged to the Lowther family, latterly the earls of Lonsdale, since the Middle Ages. The house was largely built between 1806 and 1814 for ...

which is now a ruin but set in spectacular parkland. Hackthorpe once had its own

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which is now part of the village's

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. A large part of the parish is within the

Lake District National Park The Lake District, also known as ''the Lakes'' or ''Lakeland'', is a mountainous region and National parks of the United Kingdom, national park in Cumbria, North West England. It is famous for its landscape, including its lakes, coast, and mou ...

References

External links

Cumbria County History Trust: Lowther
(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
www.lowther.co.uk The website of the Lowther Estates
Civil parishes in Cumbria {{Cumbria-geo-stub

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