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placename:-
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Great Blencow
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locality:-
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Blencow
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parish
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Dacre parish, once in
Cumberland
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county:-
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Cumbria
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building/s
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coordinates:-
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NY456324
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10Km square:-
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NY43
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1Km square |
NY4532 |
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old text:- |
Camden 1789 (Gough
Additions)
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Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the
Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by
William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition
by Richard Gough, published London, 1789. |
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Page 192:-
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Below Greystock on the Peterel lies Geat Blencowe, belonging
to an antient family of that name, whose ruined tower is
still to be seen at Little Blencowe. ...
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placename:-
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Great Blencowe
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person:-
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: Blencowe Family
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date:-
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1789
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period:-
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18th century, late; 1780s
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Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008
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