Hackthorpe

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=September 2019}} {{Short description|Hamlet in Cumbria, England}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | static_image_name = Hackthorpe Hall. - geograph.org.uk - 88870.jpg | static_image_caption = Hackthorpe Hall | coordinates = {{coord|54.600|-2.706|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Hackthorpe | population = | population_ref = | civil_parish = Lowther |unitary_england= Westmorland and Furness |lieutenancy_england= Cumbria | region = North West England | constituency_westminster = Westmorland and Lonsdale | post_town = PENRITH | postcode_district = CA10 | postcode_area = CA | dial_code = 01931 | os_grid_reference = NY543230 | pushpin_map = United Kingdom Eden | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Eden, Cumbria | label_position = }}

'''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24638|title=History of Hackthorpe, in Eden and Westmorland|publisher=Vision of Britain|accessdate=25 November 2018}}</ref>

== Location == It is located on the A6 road just south of Lowther which the two settlements could be considered to be conjoined, and about four miles from the town of Penrith. It is close to the M6 motorway, but there is no access to Hackthorpe from the M6.

==Notable people== *Jacob Thompson (painter) (1806-1879) Born and raised in Penrith, worked in London, retired to Hackthorpe where he lived in a cottage (the Hermitage) on Lord Lonsdale's estate for c.40 years. <ref>Mullett (2020), pp.278-297</ref>

==See also== {{portal|Cumbria}} *Listed buildings in Lowther, Cumbria

== References == {{Reflist}}

==Sources== *{{Cite book |last=Mullett |first=Michael A. |author-link= Michael Mullett |title=A New history of Penrith: book V: Penrith in the nineteenth century, 1800-1901: chapters on the Victorian town |location=Carlisle |publisher=Bookcase |year=2020 |pages=1–402 |isbn=9781912181346}}

==External links== *[http://www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/township/lowther Cumbria County History Trust: Lowther] (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)

Category:Hamlets in Cumbria Category:Westmorland and Furness