A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BRISCOE, or Birksceugh, a township in St. Cuthbert parish, Cumberland; on the river Petterill, and on the Carlisle and Lancaster railway, 3 miles SSE of Carlisle. Acres, 1,904. Real property, £3,617. Pop., 323. Houses, 67. The first wheat ever grown in Cumberland was grown in Briscoe in 1700.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Cumberland AncC |
| Place names: | BIRKSCEUGH | BRISCOE | BRISCOE OR BIRKSCEUGH |
| Place: | Brisco |
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