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How Bound Township, 1848


HOW-BOUND, a township, in the parish of Castle Sowerby, union of Penrith, Leath ward, E. division of Cumberland, 3¾ miles (S E. by E.) from Hesket-Newmarket; containing 242 inhabitants. On the summit of How Hill is an inclosure surrounded by a mound of stone and earth, and crowned with several oaks.

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.

Castle Sowerby, 1848 How Hill, Castle Sowerby

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