Plumpton Wall, Cumberland

Historical Description

Plumpton Wall, a township and an ecclesiastical parish in Lazonby, Hesket-in-the Forest, and Penrith parishes, Cumberland, on Watling Street and the river Petteril, 1 mile E of Plumpton station on the L. & N.W.R., and 5 miles N by W of Penrith. There is a post office under Penrith; money order and telegraph office, Penrith. Acreage of township, 3052; population, 317. There is a parish council of eight members. The Duke of Devonshire and the Earl of Lonsdale are lords of the manor. Old Penrith, with the site of a Roman station, is in the vicinity. The ecclesiastical parish was constituted in 1873. Population, 609. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle; gross value, £300 with residence. Patron, the Bishop. There is a Wesleyan chapel.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Plumpton Wall from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Plumpton-Wall)

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Cumberland is available to browse.