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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Penny Bridge like this:
PENNYBRIDGE, a village in Egton-with-Newlandchapelry, Ulverston parish, Lancashire; on the river Crake, at its influx to the Leven, 4 miles N N E of Ulverston. Egton church is here.
Penny Bridge 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 Penny Bridge itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Penny Bridge, in Westmorland and Furness and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25186
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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