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Birkbeck, Orton S
Birkbeck
civil parish:-   Orton S (formerly Westmorland)
civil parish:-   Tebay (formerly Westmorland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
1Km square:-   NY6005 (? etc) 
10Km square:-   NY60

evidence:-   perhaps old text:- Gents Mag
source data:-   Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London, monthly from 1731 to 1922.
image G825A513, button  goto source
Gentleman's Magazine 1825 part 1 p.513 
From the Compendium of County History:-  "Close, Nicholas, Bishop of Lichfield, Birbeck (ob. 1453)."

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