Place:


Birdoswald  Cumberland

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Birdoswald like this:

BURDOSWALD, a locality in Lanercost parish, Cumberland; on the Roman wall, 4½ miles NE by E of Brampton. The Roman station Amboglanna was here; and many Roman inscriptions have been found.

Additional information about this locality is available for Waterhead

Birdoswald through time

Birdoswald is now part of Carlisle district. Click here for graphs and data of how Carlisle has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Birdoswald itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Birdoswald, in Carlisle and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25892

Date accessed: 29th March 2024


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