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Black Burn
runs into:-    Hartley Burn

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

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 26 1) 
placename:-  Black Burn
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:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
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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BO18NY74.jpg
wiggly line, into the South Tyne 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Black Burn
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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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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