In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Penny Bridge like this:
PENNYBRIDGE, a village in Egton-with-Newlandchapelry, Ulverston parish, Lancashire; on the river Crake, at its influx to the Leven, 4 miles N N E of Ulverston. Egton church is here.
Additional information about this locality is available for Egton
Penny Bridge through time
Penny Bridge is now part of South Lakeland district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Lakeland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Penny Bridge itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Penny Bridge, in South Lakeland and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25186
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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