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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 "PAKENHAM":

  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  BALLYSCULLION	Londonderry	Pakenham. There are from 400 to 450 acres of bog, part of which in summer affords coarse pasturage for cattle	Lewis:Ireland
  BELLAGHY	Londonderry	Pakenham, G.C.B., proprietors of the estate by purchase from the Vintners' Company, who have also endowed it with £5 per annum	Lewis:Ireland
  CAMLIN, or CRUMLIN	Antrim	Pakenham, who erected for it a large and handsome school-house, and occasionally provides clothing for the scholars. In these	Lewis:Ireland
  Castlepollard	Westmeath	situated in a fertile district, embellished with many fine seats, among which is Pakenham Hall, seat of the Earl of Longford.	Bartholomew
  CASTLE-POLLARD	Westmeath	Pakenham Hall, the seat of the Earl of Longford, to the west of Kinturk, is a handsome castellated mansion in a demesne	Lewis:Ireland
  ELY	Cambridgeshire	Pakenham, and Thurston. The deanery of Thingoe contains the rectories of Barrow, Brockley, Chevington, Flempton, Hengrave, Fornham-All-Saints, Fornham	Imperial
  KILLEAD, or KILLAGH	Antrim	Pakenham; Glendarragh, of Langford Heyland, Esq., Benneagh, of J. Macaulay, Esq.; Glenoak, of R. Macauley, Esq.; and Tully House, of J. Murray	Lewis:Ireland
  KILLUCAN	Westmeath	Pakenham family. The glebe-house is a neat residence, and the glebe comprises 30 acres. The R. C. parish is co-extensive	Lewis:Ireland
  LONDON	London London	Pakenham; Capt. G. N. Hardinge, by Manning; Gen. Sir J. Brock, by Westmacott; Gen. Gillespie, £1,575, by Chantrey	Imperial
  Longford	Longford	barracks for cavalry, occupying the site of the old castle. Longford gives the title of baron to the family of Pakenham.	Bartholomew
  LONGFORD	Longford	built by Lord Longford, inhabited rent-free by the poor. The town gives the title of Baron to the Pakenham family.	Lewis:Ireland
  MAYNE	Westmeath	Pakenham Hall, the residence of the Earl of Longford; Coolure, of the Hon. Admiral Sir T. Pakenham; Turbotstown, of Gerald	Lewis:Ireland
  MULTIFARNHAM, or MOLEYFARNAM, also called MULTIFERNAM	Westmeath	Pakenham. It is a rectory, in the diocese of Meath, forming part of the union of Taghmon, and is also	Lewis:Ireland
  New House	Suffolk	New House .-- seat, Suffolk; post-town, Pakenham.	Bartholomew
  Pakenham	Suffolk	Pakenham , par. and vil., Suffolk - par., 3696 ac., pop. 959; vil., 5 m. NE. of Bury St Edmunds; P.O., T.O.	Bartholomew
  PAKENHAM	Suffolk	PAKENHAM , a village and a parish in Thingoe district, Suffolk. The village stands 1½ mile N of Thurston r. station	Imperial
  Pakenham Hall	Westmeath	Pakenham Hall , seat of the Earl of Longford, 1 mile W. of Castlepollard` and 5 miles SE. of Float ry. sta., N. co. Westmeath	Bartholomew
  TEMPLEPATRICK	Antrim	Pakenham, in which five schools are about 230 children; and five private schools, in which about 190 children are taught	Lewis:Ireland

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