Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LAWKLAND

LAWKLAND, a township in Clapham parish, W. R Yorkshire; near the river Ribble, 3 miles NW of Settle. It contains the hamlets of Eldroth and Feizor. Acres, 4, 220. Real property, £4, 094. Pop., 338. Houses, 64. Lawkland Hall is the seat of j. W. Foster, Esq. There is a Roman Catholic chapel.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Lawkland

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