Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LAZONBY

LAZONBY, a village, a township, and a parish in Penrith district, Cumberland. The village stands on the river Eden, 1½ mile SW of Kirkoswald, and 5 NE by E of Plumpton r. station; and has a post office under Penrith.-The township comprises 8, 154 acres. Real property, £4, 875; of which £141 are in quarries. Pop., 570. Houses, 117.—The parish includes also the township of Plumpton-Wall; is traversed by Watling Street; and contains, within Plumpton Wall township, vestiges of a Roman.station, supposed to be Bremetenracnm, or Old Penrith. Acres, 11, 175. Real property, £8, 416. Pop., 896. Houses, 174. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to Sir George Musgrave, Bart. Lazonby House is the seat of the Macleans. Much of the land is moor. Traces of a ruined moated castle are at Castle-Rigg. A very high rock, with an artificial cave, called the Giant's chamber or Sampson's cave, is in Baron wood. There are several cairns. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £551. * Patron, the Bishop of Carlisle. The church has a bell turret, and is good. The p. curacy of Plumpton-Wall is a separate benefice. There are a Wesleyan chapel and two slightly endowed schools.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a township, and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Lazonby CP/AP       Penrith RegD/PLU       Cumberland AncC
Place: Lazonby

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