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Birkbeck Fells Common, Orton S
Birkbeck Fells Common
civil parish:-   Orton S (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   common
coordinates:-   NY57270716 (etc etc) 
1Km square:-   NY5707
10Km square:-   NY50

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 21 11) 
placename:-  Birkbeck Fells Common
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.
OS County Series (Wmd 21 14) 
OS County Series (Wmd 28 7) 

evidence:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1675
placename:-  Birkbeck fells
source data:-   Records, hearth tax survey returns, Westmorland, 1674/75.
"Birkbeck fells"

evidence:-   hearth tax returns:- Hearth Tax 1670
placename:-  Birbecke Fells
source data:-   Records, hearth tax returns, exchequer duplicates, Westmorland, 1670.
"Birbecke Fells"

evidence:-   old map:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Birbeck Fells
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.
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"BIRBECK FELLS"
area 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Birkbeck Fells
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
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CY24NY50.jpg
"BIRKBECK FELLS"
area 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

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