Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STAINTON

STAINTON, a township in Dacre parish, Cumberland; on the river Eamont, 2 miles SW of Penrith It has a post-office under Penrith. Real property, £3,041; of which £37 are in quarries. Pop., 330. Houses, 69.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Dacre AP/CP       Cumberland AncC
Place: Stainton

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