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PENTON, a village in Kirk-Andrews-upon-Esk parish, Cumberland; on the river Liddel and the North British railway, at the boundary with Scotland, 7 miles N N E of Longtown. It has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Longtown.
(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: | Cumberland Ancient County |
| Place: | Penton |
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