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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Great Blencow like this:
BLENCOW (Great), a township in Dacre parish, Cumberland; 4½ miles WNW of Penrith. It has a station on the Cockermouth railway, and a post office under Penrith, both of the name of Blencow. Real property, £674. Pop., 99. Houses, 13. Here is a free-grammar school, with £191.
Great Blencow is now part of WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Great Blencow itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Great Blencow, in Westmorland and Furness and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24533
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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