A pleasant Lakeland village situated midway between Kendal and Bowness in Windermere.
Thwatterden..now crook Hall, stands on high ground to the south of the church, and the present building dates from the 18th century. It stands on the site of the memorial hall and demesne farm of crook which dates back to mediaeval days. The original Thwatterden hall was built by the Philipson family in about 1450. They also built the still surviving pele tower at Hollins Hall.
A prominent landmark on the hill to the north is "The Monument' which at one time was the lookout point for Scottish raiders.
The old church of St Catherine is in a field to the west of crook Hall...though today only the tower remains...in a very unstable condition! Originally it was the manor chapel in use from 1506-1880. A bell from the old church now hangs in the present St Catherine's, and is believed to be be one of the earliest church bells in the North-West.
Village functions prior to the erection of the memorial Hall used to take place on premises known as Mill Slack..in Mill Yard. Across Dobby Lane...which incidentally is supposed to be haunted, is the site of Crook Mill. Most of the remaining cottages in Mill Yard were one time worker's cottages, as it is thought a fulling mill was operated here in the 1500s.
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