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| High Birk Howe, Little Langdale | ||
| High Birk Howe | ||
| locality:- | Little Langdale | |
| civil parish:- | Lakes (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | NY31390328 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY3103 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY30 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Lan 1 8) placename:- High Birk Howe placename:- Birk Howe, High |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 25 12) placename:- High Birk Howe placename:- Birk Howe, High |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) placename:- Birk Hows |
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| source data:- | Map, 4 sheets, The County of Westmoreland, scale 1 inch to 1
mile, surveyed 1768, and engraved and published by Thomas
Jefferys, London, 1770. J5NY30SW.jpg "Birk Hows" circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? item:- National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47 Image © National Library of Scotland |
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| evidence:- | old map:- Ford 1839 map placename:- Birk Row |
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| source data:- | Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of
Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles
to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R
Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843. FD02NY20.jpg "Birk Row" item:- JandMN : 100.1 Image © see bottom of page |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Birk Howe Farm |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "BIRK HOWE FARMHOUSE / / / LAKES / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 452297 / NY3139803285" |
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| hearsay:- |
16th century statesman's farmhouse. There is a timber and plaster chimney hood. The
barn has wrestler slates. |
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