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Page 131:-
the windows also have some good pieces of painted glass in
them.
We shall now, leaving behind the sweet-flowing Eden, quickly
reach the market-town of
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Penrith and excursions
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PENRITH,
Vulgarly called Perith, an ancient, respectable, and
well-built town, consisting chiefly of one long street, at
the junction of the roads from London and Manchester to
Glasgow. The houses, built of stone, are generally plastered
and whitewashed. In 1807 the town was much improved by the
removal of the market-cross, shambles, and moot-hall; and
the south entrance from Appleby has lately been widened and
carried by a gentle curve out of the town, instead of by a
narrow, crooked, and dangerous road, as it formerly was. The
markets and fairs are well attended, and rank high as marts
for agricultural produce.
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Giant's Grave
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The parish church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is a large
structure, rebuilt in 1722, by a rate and subscription: the
tower, which contains a set of very sweet chimes, is
ancient. In the churchyard is a curious relic of antiquity,
called the Giant's Grave, consisting of two large pillars,
ten feet in height, and distant fifteen feet from each other
in the direction of east and west, having the space between
them partly enclosed on each side by four large thin stones.
Near them is another pillar named the Giant's Thumb, but it
is six feet in height. The
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-- "Crown Hotel" -- Crown Inn
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-- "George Inn" -- George Hotel
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-- "Giant's Grave" -- Giant's Grave
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-- "Giant's Thumb" -- Giant's Thumb
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-- "Penrith" -- Penrith
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-- St Andrew's Church
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-- St Cuthbert's Church
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