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Birks, Castle Sowerby
Birkdale Hall
civil parish:-   Castle Sowerby (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY37584280
1Km square:-   NY3742
10Km square:-   NY34


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CEW97.jpg (taken 22.4.2016)  
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CEW98.jpg  Gate piers etc.
(taken 22.4.2016)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 38 6) 
placename:-  Birks
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:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Birks
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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D4NY34SE.jpg
"Birks"
block or blocks, labelled in lowercase; a hamlet or just a house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
Image © Carlisle Library

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Birkdale Hall
item:-  date stone (1678)
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BIRKDALE HALL / / / CASTLE SOWERBY / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73723 / NY3758742803"

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