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Lonsdale.-- valley of river Lune, Westmorland and Lancashire; is famous for its scenery in the lower parts and its picturesque features in hill and mountain. Lonsdale gives its name to a ward of Westmorland and a hundred and a parl. div. of Lancashire, and the title of Earl to the Lowthers.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "valley" (ADL Feature Type: "valleys") |
| Administrative units: | Westmorland Ancient County |
| Place: | Lonsdale |
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