Pennington, Lancashire

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Pennington
Lancashire
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Country road in Pennington
Location
Grid reference: SD260770
Location: 54°10’60"N, 3°7’60"W
Data
Population: 2,008  (2011)
Post town: Ulverston
Postcode: LA12
Dialling code: 01229
Local Government
Council: Westmorland & Furness
Parliamentary
constituency:
Barrow and Furness

Pennington is a small village in the Furness district of Lancashire, sitting between Ulverston, Rosside and Lindal-in-Furness, just off the nearby A590, with the nearest train link in Ulverston.

In the early 1870s, Pennington was described as:

'PENNINGTON, a parish in Ulverston district, Lancashire; near the Furness railway, 1¾ mile W S W of Ulverston. It has a post-office under Ulverston. Acres, 2, 767. Real property, £18, 436; of which £7, 500 are in mines, and £2, 732 in quarries. Pop. in 1851, 489; in 1861, 879. Houses, 163. The increase of pop. arose from extension of mining operations'.[1]

History

Pennington is mentioned in the Domesday Book as one of the townships forming the Manor of Hougun which was held by Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumbria before the Conquest.[2]

To the west, in the nearby hamlet of Rosside, are the earthwork remains of Pennington Castle, a mediæval ringwork.

A runic inscription in the Norse language on a discarded tympanum found in the churchyard has been dated to the 12th century, which is remarkably late for runic script.[3][4]

A set of stocks stand outside the church gate that were formerly used to for robust local punishment offenders. They are no longer in use.

Outside links

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Iron mine in Pennington

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