Unthank, Glassonby

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Unthank
Cumberland

Hazelrigg Beck at Unthank
Location
Grid reference: NY604403
Location: 54°45’29"N, 2°36’26"W
Data
Post town: Penrith
Postcode: CA10
Dialling code: 01768
Local Government
Council: Westmorland & Furness
Parliamentary
constituency:
Penrith and The Border

Unthank is a village near Gamblesby in the civil parish of Glassonby in Cumberland. It is first mentioned in writing as Unthanke in 1332.[1]

This is one of three hamlets named "Unthank" in Cumberland.

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References

  1. Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 486 ISBN 0198691033

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