A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BLENCOW (Great), a township in Dacre parish, Cumberland; 4½ miles WNW of Penrith. It has a station on the Cockermouth railway, and a post office under Penrith, both of the name of Blencow. Real property, £674. Pop., 99. Houses, 13. Here is a free-grammar school, with £191.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Dacre AP/CP Cumberland AncC |
| Place names: | BLENCOW | BLENCOW GREAT | GREAT BLENCOW |
| Place: | Great Blencow |
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