In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Birkbeck Fells like this:
BIRBECK-FELLS, a township in Orton and Crosby-Ravensworth parishes, Westmoreland; on the Birbeck stream, and on the Lancaster and Carlisle railway, 4 miles SSE of Shap. Real property, £1,054. Pop., 200. Most of the surface is wild moor and mountain.
Birkbeck Fells through time
Birkbeck Fells is now part of Eden district. Click here for graphs and data of how Eden has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Birkbeck Fells itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Birkbeck Fells, in Eden and Westmorland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22867
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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