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Low Birk Howe, Little Langdale
Low Birk Howe
locality:-   Little Langdale
civil parish:-   Lakes (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY31520324
1Km square:-   NY3103
10Km square:-   NY30


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BZL46.jpg (taken 15.10.2013)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 1 8) 
placename:-  Low Birk Howe
placename:-  Birk Howe, Low
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:- OS County Series (Wmd 25 12) 
placename:-  Low Birk Howe
placename:-  Birk Howe, Low
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 Hows
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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J5NY30SW.jpg
"Birk Hows"
circle, labelled in italic lowercase text; settlement, farm, house, or hamlet? 
item:-  National Library of Scotland : EME.s.47
Image © National Library of Scotland

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