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town house, Penrith
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Street:-   Market Place
locality:-   Penrith
civil parish:-   Penrith (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   town hall
coordinates:-   NY51573012 (guess) 
1Km square:-   NY5130
10Km square:-   NY53
references:-   Capper 1808

evidence:-   old text:- Capper 1808
source data:-   Gazetteer, A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom, compiled by Benjamin Pitts Capper, published by Richard Phillips, Bridge Street, Blackfriars, London, 1808; published 1808-29.
image CAP137, button  goto source
"[Penrith] ... The town-house in the market-place is built of wood, and embellished with the figures of bears climbing up a ragged staff. ..."

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