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BLACKWELL (High and Low), two townships in St. Cuthbert parish, Cumberland; near the Carlisle and Lancaster railway, 2¼ and 2 miles S of Carlisle. Acres 2,459 and 941. Real property, £2,801 and £2,329. Pop., 341 and 183. Houses, 59 and 34. The manor was given, in the time of Edward III., by the heiress of Sir John de Wigton, to Sir Robert Parvinge.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "two townships" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Cumberland Ancient County |
| Place: | Blackwell |
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