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A vision of Britain through time
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SALKELD (Great), a parish, with a village, in Penrith district, Cumberland; on the river Eden, near Force-Mill fall, 4½ miles E S E of Plumpton r. station, and 5¼ N E by N of Penrith. It has a post-office under Penrith, and a bridge. Acres, 3, 724. Real property, £3, 811. Pop., 502. Houses, 93. The manor belongs to the Duke of Devonshire. Remains exist of Dyke and Aikton-Castle camps, and of the pier of an ancient bridge destroyed by a flood in 1360. There is a chalybeate spring. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £345.* Patron, the Bishop of Carlisle. The church is ancient; and has a tower, which formerly was fortified. There are chapels for Independents and Wesleyans, and a national school. Bishop Law and Arch-deacon Paley were rectors; and the nonconformist Dr. Benson and Chief-Justice Ellenborough were natives.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Great Salkeld CP/AP Penrith RegD/PLU Cumberland AncC |
| Place names: | GREAT SALKELD | SALKELD | SALKELD GREAT |
| Place: | Great Salkeld |
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