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| | Images Of Cumbria - Bridekirk Parish |
 | | The land at Papcastle, and near the river, is fertile; but a wet soil, rising from clay or limestone prevails in the north side of the parish. |
 | | Papcastle was the seat of Waldeof, first lord of Allerdale, before he built the castle of Cockermouth, which was afterwards his baronial seat, and is said to have derived its name from Gilbert Pipard, who, it is probable, re-built this castle, and called it by his came. |
 | | Derwent Bank, the seat of John Steel, Esq., is a handsome mansion erected in 1846, on an elevation about one mile N. by W. of Cockermouth, overlooking the vale of the river, from which it has its name. |
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