A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
HELTON, a township in Askham parish, Westmoreland; on the river Lowther, 6 miles S of Penrith. Real property, £1, 647. Pop., 180. Houses, 38. The manor belonged formerly to the Morvilles, and belongs now to the Earl of Lonsdale. Helton Common has a Druidical circle, and another antiquity, called the Cope Stone.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Askham AP/CP Westmorland AncC |
| Place: | Helton |
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