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Brampton.-- par. and market town, E. Cumberland, 9 miles NE. of Carlisle by rail, 10,269 ac. (2 water), pop. 3438; p.o., t.o., 2 Banks. Market-day, Wednesday; has tweed mfrs. The town was occupied by the insurgents in 1715, and again in 1745.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish and market town" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Brampton Parish Cumberland Ancient County |
| Place: | Brampton |
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