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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Little Blencow like this:
BLENCOW (Little), a township in Greystoke parish, Cumberland; 4 ½ miles WNW of Penrith. It has a post office, of the name of Blencow, under Penrith. Real property, £674. Pop., 99. Houses, 13. Here is a free grammar school, founded in 1596, with income of £191, at which the first Lord Ellenborough was educated.
Little 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 Little Blencow itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Little Blencow, in Westmorland and Furness and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25921
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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