Crackenthorpe
| Crackenthorpe | |
| Westmorland | |
|---|---|
 Crackenthorpe | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY661221 |
| Location: | 54°35’35"N, 2°31’29"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 77 (2001) |
| Post town: | Appleby In Westmorland |
| Postcode: | CA16 |
| Dialling code: | 01768 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Westmorland & Furness |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Penrith and The Border |
Crackenthorpe is a small village and parish in Westmorland. It is about two miles north-west of the county town, Appleby-in-Westmorland and twelve miles south-east of Penrith. The A66 trunk road used to pass through the centre of the village until it was by-passed. The population of the parish was less than 100 at the 2011 census.
Crackenthorpe Hall is a large Grade-II-listed house which was rebuilt in the early 17th century and restructured in circa 1685 by Hugh & Thomas Machell. It has since been subdivided into several dwellings.[1] It was reputedly haunted by the ghost of Peg Sneddle, the grey lady of Crackenthorpe. Her body was exhumed and buried in the bed of the River Eden under a boulder of Shap granite known as Peg's stone.[2]
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References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1225826: Crackenthorpe Hall
- ↑ "Crackenthorpe Hall". http://www.geog.port.ac.uk/webmap/thelakes/html/lgaz/lk02732.htm. Retrieved 19 August 2014.