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Alternative names

The following alternative names exist:

Name	Status	Language	Start	End	Authority
LANDS COMMON TO ORTON AND CROSBY RAVENSWORTH	Preferred	English			F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 464.
BIRKBECK FELLS COMMON AND CROSBY RAVENSWORTH FELL	Alternate	English			1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.
BIRKBECK FELLS COMMON AND CROSBY RAVENSWORTH FELL COMMON TO ORTON AND CROSBY RAVENSWORTH	Alternate	English			1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
BIRKBECK FELLS COMMON AND CROSBY RAVENSWORTH FELL ETC LANDS COMMON TO ORTON AND CROSBY RAVENSWORTH CIVIL PARISHES	Alternate	English			1931 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings'.
BIRKBECK FELLS COMMON AND CROSBY RAVENSWORTH FELL LANDS COMMON TO ORTON AND CROSBY RAVENSWORTH	Alternate	English			1931 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Population, Acreage, Private Families and Dwellings'.

Unit associations

We know of no associations with other units.

Unit history

This unit was part of the following units:

Name	Type	Start	End	Authority
WESTMORLAND	Ancient County	by 1901	1935	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 464.
WEST WARD RegD/PLU	Poor Law Union/Reg. District	by 1901		1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
MORLAND	Registration sub-District	by 1901		1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
WEST WARD RD	Local Government District	by 1901	1935	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 464.

Boundary changes

This unit was affected by the following changes:

Date	Type of change	Other unit involved	Area transferred	Authority
	was created through the abolition of	BIRKBECK FELLS COMMON ExP		1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.
	was created through the abolition of	CROSBY RAVENSWORTH FELLS ExP		1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.
	was created through the abolition of	UNDIVIDED MOOR ExP		1901 Census of England and Wales, Table 12, 'Registration County, Districts, and Sub-Districts, with their Constituent Civil Parishes - Area; Houses and Population 1891 and 1901, and Separate Occupiers 1901'.

Lower level units

We know of no units which were contained within this unit.