A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BIRKER AND AUSTHWAITE, a township in Millom parish, Cumberland; in Eskdale, 6½ miles ENE of Ravenglass. Real property, £710. Pop., 114. Houses, 19. Birker Fell here forms part of the S screen of the Esk; and is streaked by a streamlet which makes a sudden romantic fall, over a naked precipice, between cliffs
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Birker and Austhwaite CP/Tn Millom AP/CP Cumberland AncC |
| Place: | Birker |
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