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Burr Sand, Drigg and Carleton
Burr Sand
civil parish:-   Drigg and Carleton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   foreshore
1Km square:-   SD0498 (etc) 
10Km square:-   SD09
references:-   Bowen and Kitchin 1760

evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Burr Sand
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.
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"Burr Sand"
dotted area, foreshore sands 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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