Situated in Dacre parish between the main road to Keswick and the main road to Wigton, approximately four miles west of Penrith.
Blencow is a pretty little village, with its village green and the River Petteril running through the centre under a hump-backed bridge. It is this river that divides the village. Little Blencow to the north is actualy in Greystoke parish, whilst Great Blencow to the south is in Dacre.
The 16th centnury Blencow Hall...an imposing building is situated about 400 yards out of Blencow. The northern section is the oldest part...believed to have originated as a pele tower. Today it is a farmhouse.
Burbank Hopuse was a one-time important Grammar School. First built in 1577 and re-built in 1795, it continued as a school until 1913 when it merged with the Penrith Grammar School. The school bell-tower is still intact. Among its famous pupils were the great Quaker George Whitehead, who did much to improve the status of the Friends, and the great lawyer Edward Law, who was leading counsel for Warren hastings and became Lord Chief Justice, raised to the peerage as Lord Ellenborough.
The attractive country house...Ennim, located here is the current home of Viscount and Viscountess Whitelaw, one time local Member of Parliament and Deputy Prime Minister.
Many stone quarries, all now defunct, are to be found in and around Blencow. Many stones were used to build parts of Keswick.
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