Birkbeck Fells is a township located in part of the parishes of Crosby Ravensworth, Orton and Shap in the historic county of Westmorland.[a][1][2] It is a large mountainous district, and was described in the mid nineteenth century as containing around thirty scattered houses.[1]
A map of 1858 shows that at the time Birkbeck Fells consisted of several detached parts to the north of Brethedrale and west of the hamlet of Greenholme, together with the undivided moor of Birkbeck Fells Common[3]
It is notable for being the birth-place of Nicholas Close whom Henry VI of England appointed to oversee the construction of King's College Chapel, Cambridge.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ a b Joseph Nicolson; Richard Burn (1777). The history and antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland, Volume 1.
- ^ History, topography, and directory, of Westmorland; and of the hundreds of Lonsdale and Amounderness in Lancashire. 1851.
- ^ Captain Heygate (1863), Westmorland XXVIII, Ordnance Survey
- ^ John Close (1863). "The Supplement". Tales and Legends of Westmoreland.
- ^ Thomas Cox (1738). "Westmorland". Magna Britannia Antiqua & Nova. Vol. VI.
Notes
edit- ^ variant historical spellings include Birbeck, Bibreke, Bridlake
External links
edit- Birkbeck Fells on A Vision of Britain Through Time
- Birkbeck Fells Common on Ordnace Survey #GetOutside
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