Satterthwaite, Lancashire

Description
Satterthwaite, a village, a township, and an ecclesiastical parish in Hawkshead parish, Lancashire. The village stands on a tributary of the river Leven, 4 miles SE of Coniston, 8 from Windermere station on the L. & N.W.R., and 7 from Greenodd station on the Furness line. It has a post office under Ulverston; money order and telegraph office, Hawkshead. The township contains also the hamlets of Dale Park, Force Forge, Grizedale, and Lower Graythwaite. Acreage, 7232 of land and 90 of water; population, 452. Grizedale Hall and Graythwaite Hall are chief residences. The parish is very healthy and prettily situated. A bobbin-mill is at Force Forge. The ecclesiastical parish, which does not include Lower Graythwaite, was constituted in 1881. Population, 345. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle; net value, £186 with residence. Patron, the Vicar of Hawkshead. The church was enlarged in 1837 and restored in 1887. It is in the Early English style, and consists of chancel, nave, and an embattled western tower.