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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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STAPLETON, a township and a parish in Longtown district, Cumberland. The township lies 6 miles SE of Penton r. station, and 9 ENE of Longtown. Acres, 4,495. Real property, £2,720. Pop., 462. Houses, 89. The parish contains also Solport, Trough, and Bellbank townships; and comprises 11,335 acres. Post town, Longtown, under Carlisle. Pop. in 1851, 1,119; in 1861, 984. Houses, 183. The property is much sub-divided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £98.* Patrons, the Earl of Carlisle and Sir F. U. Graham, Bart. The church was rebuilt in 1830.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Stapleton CP/AP Longtown RegD/PLU Cumberland AncC |
| Place: | Stapleton |
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