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Page 132:-
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Penrith Castle
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ruins of the Castle are on the west side of the town: it is
thought or have been built about the end of the fourteenth
century, during the reign of Edward IV, and was once the
residence of Richard of Glo'ster. It was dismantled in the
civil wars. From the remaining parts of the walls, the
Castle seems to have been a very strong and spacious
fortress, with the usual accompaniments of dungeons. On the
north side of the town is the excellent race-course,
furnished with a grand-stand, built in 1814. Horse-races and
stag-hunts are held in the autumn, and attract a large
concourse of spectators. At the George inn is a spacious
assembly-room, and at the Crown a news-room, which, with
libraries, form a fund of amusement for the inhabitants.
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Penrith Beacon
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Above the race-course, on the point of a wood-embowered
hill, stands the Beacon, which the traveller may visit for
the purpose of seeing from a moderate elevation the country
lying around, and thus forming a correct idea of the
relative situation of places of interest. To the north,
Cross Fell is the most conspicuous object, nor can the Pikes
of Dufton escape the eye, with the range of mountains
reaching from east to west of Carlisle. Stainmore and the
heights of Wildbore Fell, towards Kirkby Stephen, fill the
east. On the south are Lowther and Brougham, with their
teeming plains and luxuriant woods; and the circle on the
west is enriched with the town of Penrith and the rural vale
of Eamont, overtopped by Skiddaw.
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gazetteer links
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-- "Beacon, The" -- Penrith Beacon
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-- Penrith Castle
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-- "Penrith" -- Penrith
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-- (race course, Penrith)
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-- station, Beacon Hill
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