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RENWICK, a village and a parish in Penrith district, Cumberland. The village stands under Thack-moor fell, 3 miles N E of Kirkoswald, and 9 E by N of Plumpton r. station; and has a fair on the Thursday before 26 Sept ' The parish comprises 4, 220 acres. Post-town, Kirkoswald, under Penrith. Real property, £1, 538. Pop., 266. Houses, 51. The property is sub-divided. The manor belongs to Queen's College, Oxford. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £92. Patron, J. Nicholson, Esq. The church is good; and there is a Wesleyan chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Renwick Parish Penrith Poor Law Union/Registration District Cumberland Ancient County |
| Place: | Renwick |
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