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Birkby, Crosscanonby
Birkby
civil parish:-   Crosscanonby (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY05963760 (etc) 
1Km square:-   NY0537
10Km square:-   NY03

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 45 1) 
placename:-  Birkby
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.

evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Birtby
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.
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Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus.  "Birtby"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Mercator 1595 (edn?) 
placename:-  Birthy
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Northumbria, Cumberlandia, et Dunelmensis Episcopatus, ie Northumberland, Cumberland and Durham etc, scale about 6.5 miles to 1 inch, by Gerard Mercator, Duisberg, Germany, about 1595.
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"Birthy"
circle 
item:-  JandMN : 169
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Birtby
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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"Birtby"
circle, tower 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Birtby
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.
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"Birtby"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   old map:- Seller 1694 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Birthy
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 12 miles to 1 inch, by John Seller, 1694.
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"Birthy"
circle, italic lowercase text; settlement or house 
item:-  Dove Cottage : 2007.38.89
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evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Birkby
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715.
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"Birkby"
Circle, building and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Birkby
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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"Birkby"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Birkby
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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"Birkby"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Birkby
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 557-558  "Birkby"
item:-  JandMN : 228.2
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Birkby
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.
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"Birkby"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Garnett 1850s-60s H
placename:-  Birkby
source data:-   Map of the English Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, 1850s-60s.
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"Birkby"
blocks, settlement 
item:-  JandMN : 82.1
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places:-  
NY05923746 Birkby Cottage (Crosscanonby) L
NY05943739 Birkby Farm (Crosscanonby) L
NY05923746 Birkby House (Crosscanonby) L
NY05953749 Grove, The (Crosscanonby)
NY05903745 ivy, Birkby (Crosscanonby)
NY05953754 post box, Birkby (Crosscanonby)
NY05983754 Retreat, The (Crosscanonby) L
NY05933755 stone, Birkby (Crosscanonby)
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