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1056:Henry VIII
1046:Shap Abbey
1025:orthoclase
941:Tata Steel
899:Shap today
890:Met Office
495:rendering
376:54°31′44″N
318:North West
219:North West
133:Population
1343:UK Census
1310:UK Census
1196:Transport
1157:Prior to
1097:'s novel
1058:in 1540.
1012:Shap Fell
503:original
493:Old Norse
479:Etymology
379:2°40′34″W
313:Ambulance
253:Post town
1445:Archived
1360:20 April
1345:(2001).
1327:20 April
1312:(2011).
1265:See also
1051:NY547151
1038:NY557083
1016:NY530088
1001:NY570110
995:NY583120
965:Hawk jet
929:Anglican
888:Source:
883:(73.34)
814:Average
452:and the
444:Location
152:NY563150
1615:Penrith
1521:22 June
1467:22 June
1410:8 April
1234:Penrith
1220:Dialect
1214:Penrith
1146:at the
1033:biotite
1021:granite
881:1,862.9
878:(9.65)
873:(8.07)
868:(7.28)
863:(5.16)
858:(5.26)
853:(4.20)
848:(3.95)
843:(3.88)
838:(3.68)
833:(5.57)
828:(7.46)
823:(9.19)
809:(39.7)
804:(32.4)
799:(36.3)
794:(41.2)
789:(45.5)
784:(49.1)
779:(49.5)
774:(46.0)
769:(40.3)
764:(36.3)
759:(34.0)
754:(32.2)
749:(32.5)
739:(46.4)
734:(37.8)
729:(41.9)
724:(47.5)
719:(52.9)
714:(56.7)
709:(57.4)
704:(54.1)
699:(48.9)
694:(44.2)
689:(40.3)
684:(37.8)
679:(37.4)
669:(53.2)
664:(43.2)
659:(47.3)
654:(53.8)
649:(60.1)
644:(64.2)
639:(65.1)
634:(62.1)
629:(57.6)
624:(52.0)
619:(46.8)
614:(43.2)
609:(42.3)
547:Climate
523:History
462:Penrith
450:A6 road
430:Cumbria
410:village
365:Cumbria
360:England
306:Cumbria
294:Cumbria
257:PENRITH
235:England
229:Country
202:Cumbria
119:Cumbria
83:Cumbria
1681:Kendal
1383:
1159:Brexit
1064:has a
1029:quartz
937:Hanson
560:Month
499:of an
489:Yheppe
466:Kendal
289:Police
211:Region
138:(2011)
1351:Nomis
1318:Nomis
1123:with
1072:as a
967:from
927:, an
876:245.2
871:205.0
866:184.9
861:131.1
856:133.5
851:106.7
846:100.3
831:141.4
826:189.5
821:233.5
599:Year
537:Co-op
513:cairn
422:dales
418:fells
408:is a
279:01931
1706:Shap
1648:Shap
1523:2018
1469:2015
1412:2024
1381:ISBN
1362:2021
1329:2021
1236:and
1200:The
1176:For
1117:Keld
1111:The
1031:and
939:and
923:, a
913:pubs
841:98.6
836:93.4
717:11.6
712:13.7
707:14.1
702:12.3
667:11.8
652:12.1
647:15.6
642:17.9
637:18.4
632:16.7
627:14.2
622:11.1
596:Dec
593:Nov
590:Oct
587:Sep
584:Aug
581:Jul
578:Jun
575:May
572:Apr
569:Mar
566:Feb
563:Jan
505:Hēap
497:Hjáp
487:and
412:and
406:Shap
301:Fire
268:CA10
168:Shap
111:Shap
71:Shap
27:Shap
1167:MEP
1134:of
807:4.3
802:0.2
797:2.4
792:5.1
787:7.5
782:9.5
777:9.7
772:7.8
767:4.6
762:2.4
757:1.1
752:0.1
747:0.3
737:8.0
732:3.2
727:5.5
722:8.6
697:9.4
692:6.8
687:4.6
682:3.2
677:3.0
662:6.2
657:8.5
617:8.2
612:6.2
607:5.7
485:Hep
436:of
424:in
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