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Blencogo Township, 1848


BLENCOGO, a township, in the parish of Bromfield, union of Wigton, Cumberland ward, E. division of Cumberland, 4½ miles (W. by S.) from Wigton; containing 211 inhabitants. The Rev. Jonathan Boucher, who published a Supplement to Dr. Johnson's Dictionary, was born here in 1738.

Extract from: A Topographical Dictionary of England comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships..... 7th Edition, by Samuel Lewis, London, 1848.

Bromfield Civil Parish Blencogo Bromfield Parish, 1848
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- Overview About Blencogo Map Street View Blencogo is a small farming village in the Allerdale district of Cumbria, located just over 3 miles west of Wigton. The Village Hall and …
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Blencogo Township
- "Township in Bromfield parish, Cumberland ward, Cumberland. Absorbed into Bromfield CP 1934....one of townships held of barony of Wigton. Granted by Crown to Sir Richard Cholmley during reign of Henry …
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