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ARNSIDE, a village in Beetham parish, Westmoreland; on the coast, near the Lancaster and Ulverstone railway, at the influx of the river Kent to Morecambe bay, 4¼ miles W of Burton-in-Kendal. It has a station on the railway, a post office under Milnthorpe, and a church built in 1866; and is a sub-port to Lancaster. Arnside Knot is an adjacent eminence, commanding an extensive prospect; and Arnside Tower, on that eminence, is the ruined ancient residence of the Stanleys.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Beetham Parish Westmorland Ancient County |
| Place: | Arnside |
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