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Lanercost (or Abbey Lanercost), par., Cumberland, on rivers Irthing and Kingwater and Roman Wall, 2½ miles NE. of Brampton, 38,185 ac. (209 water), pop. 1272; the church is a portion of priory founded in 1169; in the par. is the seat of Lanercost Abbey.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Lanercost AP/CP Cumberland AncC |
| Place names: | ABBEY LANERCOST | LANERCOST | LANERCOST OR ABBEY LANERCOST |
| Place: | Lanercost |
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