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FAWCET FOREST, a township in Kendal parish, Westmoreland; 7 miles NNE of Kendal. Pop., 51. Houses, 8. The area is extensive, wild, mountainous, and barren; and so much as 5, 000 acres of it have been let for less than £500 a year. It anciently belonged to Byland Abbey.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Kendal Parish Westmorland Ancient County |
| Place: | Fawcett Forest |
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