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PLUMPTON-STREET, a township in Hesket-in-the-Forest parish, Cumberland; on the Roman road from Ambleside to Carlisle, and near the Lancaster and Carlisle railway, 6½ miles N N W of Penrith. Acres, 2, 677. Real property, £3, 176. Pop., 170. Houses, 26. This was a haunt of Robin Hood.
(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: | Hesket in the Forest Parish Cumberland Ancient County |
| Place: | Plumpton Street |
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