Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Petteril

Petteril, hamlet, Hesket in the Forest par., Cumberland, on river Peteril, 9 miles NW. of Penrith; in vicinity are Petteril Bank and Petteril Green, seats.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Hesket in the Forest CP/AP       Cumberland AncC
Place: Petteril

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