We could not match "MUNCASTER" in our simplified list of the main towns and villages, or as a postcode. There are several other ways of finding places within Vision of Britain, so read on for detailed advice and 15 possible matches we have found for you:

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  Unit Name	Type of Unit	Containing Unit (and Type)
  MUNCASTER LG_Ward	Parish-level Unit	RAINFORD UD (Local Government District)

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• If you are looking for hills, rivers, castles ... or pretty much anything other than the "places" where people live and lived, you need to look in our collection of Historical Gazetteers. This contains the complete text of three gazetteers published in the late 19th century — over 90,000 entries. Although there are no descriptive gazetteer entries for placenames exactly matching your search term (other than those already linked to "places"), the following entries mention "MUNCASTER":

  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  Birkby	Cumberland	Birkby , township, Muncaster par., W. Cumberland, 2½ miles E. of Ravenglass.	Bartholomew
  BIRKBY	Cumberland	township in Muncaster parish, Cumberland; in Eskdale, 2½ miles E of Ravenglass. Real property, £906. Pop., 119. See Barnscar.	Imperial
  BOOTLE	Cumberland	Muncaster, containing the parishes of Muncaster, Drigg, Irton, and Waberthwaite, and parts of the parishes of Millom, and St. Bees	Imperial
  CARLISLE	Cumberland	Muncaster, Ponsonby, Wastdale-Head, NetherWastdale, and Whitheck. The deanery of Kendal includes the vicarage of Kendal; and the p. curacies	Imperial
  CUMBERLAND	Cumberland	Muncaster Castle, Crofton Place, Armathwaite Hall, Hensingham Hall, Netherby, Brayton, Graystock, Calder Abbey, Dovenby, Edenhall, Corby, Irton, Hawkesdale, Lamplugh, Nunnery	Imperial
  Hestholme	Cumberland	Hestholme , hamlet, Muncaster par., W. Cumberland, on river Esk, 3 miles NE. of Ravenglass.	Bartholomew
  HESTHOLME	Cumberland	HESTHOLME , a hamlet in Muncaster parish, Cumberland; on the river Esk, 3 miles NE of Ravenglass.	Imperial
  MITERDALE	Cumberland	Bridge to Bout and Ulpha; and the left side of its lower part is separated from Eskdale by Muncaster fell.	Imperial
  Muncaster	Cumberland	Muncaster was a Roman station; Muncaster Castle is the seat of Lord Muncaster; the old castle is now a ruin	Bartholomew
  MUNCASTER	Cumberland	Muncaster. Muncaster Castle is Lord M.'s seat; takes its name from an ancient castle, the original seat of the Penningtons	Imperial
  Ravenglass	Cumberland	Muncaster par., Cumberland, at the head of the estuary of the Irt, Mite, and Esk, 4½ miles NW. of Bootle	Bartholomew
  RAVENGLASS	Cumberland	Muncaster parish, Cumberland; at the head of the joint estuary of the rivers Irt, Mite, and Esk, adjacent to the Whitehaven	Imperial
  WABERTHWAITE	Cumberland	living is a rectory in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £131.* Patron, Lord Muncaster. The church is good. Charities, £5.	Imperial
  WARTER	Yorkshire	Muncaster. An Augustinian priory was founded here, in 1132, by G. Fitz-Pain; and was given, at the dissolution, to the Earl	Imperial

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• Place-names also appear in our collection of British travel writing. If the place-name you are interested in appears in our simplified list of "places", the search you have just done should lead you to mentions by travellers. However, many other places are mentioned, including places outside Britain and weird mis-spellings. You can search for them in the Travel Writing section of this site.



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