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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Penton like this:
PENTON, a village in Kirk-Andrews-upon-Esk parish, Cumberland; on the river Liddel and the North British railway, at the boundary with Scotland, 7 miles N N E of Longtown. It has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Longtown.
Penton is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Penton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Penton in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26067
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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