Penrith, Cumbria
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Penrith is a market town and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area of Cumbria, England. It is less than 3 miles outside the Lake District National Park and about 17 miles
The Market Square
Penrith War Memorial to Boer War by F W Doyle Jones
General view of Roman road looking south
Banks of Brocavum Roman fort in foreground, Brougham Castle behind, and 18th-century Carleton Hall to the left
History of Cumbria
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The history of Cumbria as a county of England begins with the Local Government Act 1972. Its territory and constituent parts however have a long history under various other administrative and historic
Kents Bank, Cumbria
Great Langdale, site of the Langdale Axe Factory
Neolithic stone axe with handle from Ehenside Tarn (now in the British Museum)
Castlerigg Stone Circle