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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Plumpton Street like this:
PLUMPTON-STREET, a township in Hesket-in-the-Forest parish, Cumberland; on the Roman road from Ambleside to Carlisle, and near the Lancaster and Carlisle railway, 6½ miles N N W of Penrith. Acres, 2, 677. Real property, £3, 176. Pop., 170. Houses, 26. This was a haunt of Robin Hood.
Plumpton Street 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 Plumpton Street itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Plumpton Street, in Westmorland and Furness and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25934
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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