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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Plumpton Head like this:
PLUMPTON-HEAD, a hamlet in Penrith parish, Cumberland; on the river Petteril, and on the Lancaster and Carlisle railway, 3 miles N N W of Penrith. Pop., 87.
Plumpton Head 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 Head itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Plumpton Head, in Westmorland and Furness and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26068
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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