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placename:-
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Birkrigg Common
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parish
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Aldingham parish, once in
Lancashire
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parish
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Urswick parish, once in
Lancashire
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county:-
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Cumbria
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common
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Altitude
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447 feet
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coordinates:-
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10Km square:-
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SD27
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source:- |
Otley 1818
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New Map of the District of the Lakes, in Westmorland,
Cumberland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch,
by Jonathan Otley, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh,
Lothian, Scotland, published by J Otley, Keswick, Cumberland
now Cumbria, 1818; pblished 1818 to 1850s. |
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placename:-
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Birkrigg
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hill
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descriptive text:- |
West 1778 (11th edn 1821)
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Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West,
published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once
Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821. |
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Page 41:-
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... Leaving Urswick behind, ascend Birkrig, a rocky
eminence, and from the beacon have a variety
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Page 42:-
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of extensive and pleasant views, of land and sea, mountains
and islands. Ulverston appears to the north east, seated
under a hanging wood, and beyond that Furness-fells, in
various shapes, form the grandest termination that can be
imagined. The back view is the reverse of this. When the
tide is up, you see a fine arm of the sea stretching far
within land, terminated by bold rocks and steep shores.
Beyond this expanse, a far country is seen, and Lancaster
town and castle, in a fine point of view, under a screen of
high grounds, over which sable Clougha rears his venerable
head. Ingleborough, behind many other mountains, has a fine
effect from this station.
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other name:-
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station, Birkrigg Common
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viewpoint
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date:-
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1778
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period:-
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18th century, late; 1770s
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Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008
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