In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Brisco like this:
BRISCOE, or Birksceugh, a township in St. Cuthbert parish, Cumberland; on the river Petterill, and on the Carlisle and Lancaster railway, 3 miles SSE of Carlisle. Acres, 1,904. Real property, £3,617. Pop., 323. Houses, 67. The first wheat ever grown in Cumberland was grown in Briscoe in 1700.
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Brisco through time
Brisco is now part of Carlisle district. Click here for graphs and data of how Carlisle has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Brisco itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Brisco, in Carlisle and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25888
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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