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| Black Burn | ||
| runs into:- |   Hartley Burn | 
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| civil parish:- | Midgeholme (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | river | |
| locality type:- | boundary | |
| locality type:- | county boundary | |
| 1Km square:- | NY6257 (etc) | |
| 10Km square:- | NY65 | |
| county:- | Northumberland | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 26 1)  placename:- Black Burn  | 
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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:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760 | 
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| 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.![]() BO18NY74.jpg wiggly line, into the South Tyne item:- Armitt Library : 2008.14.10 Image © see bottom of page  | 
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| evidence:- | old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd)  placename:- Black Burn  | 
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| 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.![]() D4NY65NW.jpg "Black Burn" single or double wiggly line; a river and county boundary item:- Carlisle Library : Map 2 Image © Carlisle Library  | 
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