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There was once.
placename:- Plumpton Park
locality:- Plumpton
parish Hesket parish, once in Cumberland
county:- Cumbria
park
coordinates:- NY4938
10Km square:- NY43
References Camden 1789

1Km square NY4938

old text:- Camden 1789

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.
Page 173:-
...
... Pete-rill ... , a rivulet, on whose bank is Plumpton park [footnote = Haia de Plumpton or the Inclosure of Plumpton], a large park appropriated by the kings of England antiently for deer, but wisely disposed of by Henry VIII. for men's habitations, being almost on the borders of England and Scotland.

placename:- Plumpton Park
other name:- Haia de Plumpton
other name:- Inclosure of Plumpton
person:- : Henry VIII
date:- 1789
period:- 18th century, late; 1780s

old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions)

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.
Page 190:-
...
Plumpton park is held by the Lowthers under the crown.

placename:- Plumpton Park
person:- : Lowther Family
date:- 1789
period:- 18th century, late; 1780s

Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008

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