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| Great Blencow, Dacre | ||
| Great Blencow | ||
| locality:- | Blencow | |
| civil parish:- | Dacre (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | NY45653240 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4532 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY43 | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) placename:- Great Blencowe |
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| source data:- | Book, 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. goto sourcePage 192:- "..." "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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