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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Old Penrith like this:
PENRITH (Old), a place in the S of Cumberland; on Watling-street and the river Petterril, 5 miles N by W of Penrith. It had a Roman station, thought variously to have been Patriana, Voreda, and Brementuracum; it retains vestiges of a camp of three acres; and it has yielded urns, inscriptions, an altar to Mars, and other Roman relics
Old Penrith 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 Old Penrith itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Old Penrith, in Westmorland and Furness and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24919
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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