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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Birker like this:
BIRKER AND AUSTHWAITE, a township in Millom parish, Cumberland; in Eskdale, 6½ miles ENE of Ravenglass. Real property, £710. Pop., 114. Houses, 19. Birker Fell here forms part of the S screen of the Esk; and is streaked by a streamlet which makes a sudden romantic fall, over a naked precipice, between cliffs
Birker is now part of CUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how CUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Birker itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Birker in Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4594
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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