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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Plumpton Wall like this:
PLUMPTON-WALL, a township-chapelry in Lazonby parish, Cumberland; on Watling-street and the river Petteril, 1½ mile N of Plumpton r. station, and 6 N by W of Penrith. Post-town, Lazonby, under Penrith. Acres, 3,021. Real property, £3, 541. Pop., 326. Houses, 57. Old Penrith, with the site of a Roman station, is in the vicinity. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £49. Patron, J. Dixon, Esq. There is an endowed school.
Plumpton Wall is now part of WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Plumpton Wall itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Plumpton Wall, in Westmorland and Furness and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4611
Date accessed: 14th February 2026
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