Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Penrith, Old

Penrith, Old, in S. of Cumberland, on river Petteril, 5 miles NW. of Penrith; has vestiges of an ancient camp, and has yielded numerous relics of the Roman occupation.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Administrative units: Cumberland AncC
Place names: OLD PENRITH     |     PENRITH     |     PENRITH OLD
Place: Old Penrith

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