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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Brisco like this:
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.
Brisco is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Brisco itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Brisco in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25888
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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