A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Burgh-by-Sands, par. and vil. with ry. sta. (Burgh), E. Cumberland, 5½ miles NW. of Carlisle, 6170 ac. (60 water), 99 tidal water, and 68 foreshore, pop. 862; an obelisk, 1 m. to N., marks the place where Edward I. died, in 1307, on his march against Scotland.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish and village with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Burgh By Sands CP/AP Cumberland AncC |
| Place: | Burgh By Sands |
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