Penrith 1898

Coverage stretches from the railway station northward to Fair Hill and the cemetery, and from Fell Lane westward to Castletown and the Poor Law Institution or Workhouse.

Features include town centre with individual buildings neatly shown, railway with station, Workhouse, Castletown area, Sandgate, Hutton Hall, parish church, Northern Carriage Works, Christ Church, Lark Hall, St Catherine’s RC Church, Great Dockray, Stricklandgate, Penrith Castle, Fairhill Fever Hospital, etc. Selections of directory extracts are included on the reverse.