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Suggested by the recollection of Julian’s Bower and other traditions connected with this ancient forest.On the roadside between Penrith and Appleby, there stands a pillar with the following inscription:–
“This Pillar was erected, in the year 1656, by Anne Countess Dowager of Pembroke, &c., for a memorial of her last parting with her pious mother, Margaret Countess Dowager of Cumberland, on the 2d of April, 1616; in memory whereof she hath left an annuity of 4l. to be distributed to the poor of the parish of Brougham, every 2d day of April for ever, upon the stone table placed hard by. Laus Deo!”