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Birks Farm, Sedbergh
Birks Farm
Street:-   Cautley Road
civil parish:-   Sedbergh (formerly Yorkshire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD69429467
1Km square:-   SD6994
10Km square:-   SD69
references:-   Listed Buildings 2010

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Yrk 49 9) 
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:- Jefferys 1770 (Wmd) 
placename:-  Birk Houses
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.
image
J5SD69NE.jpg
"Birk Houses"
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

evidence:-   old map:- Cary 1789 (edn 1805) 
placename:-  Birk Houses
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Westmoreland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Cary, London, 1789; edition 1805.
image
CY24SD69.jpg
"Birk Houses"
block/s, labelled in italic lowercase; house, or hamlet 
item:-  JandMN : 129
Image © see bottom of page

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Birks Farm
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BIRKS FARMHOUSE AND ATTACHED BARN / / CAUTLEY ROAD / SEDBERGH / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 484522 / SD6943694641"

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