Burrow-with-Burrow
| Burrow-with-Burrow | ||
|---|---|---|
Shire county | ||
| Region | ||
| Country | England | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
| Post town | CARNFORTH | |
| Postcode district | LA6 | |
| Dialling code | 01524 | |
| Police | Lancashire | |
| Fire | Lancashire | |
| Ambulance | North West | |
| UK Parliament | ||
Burrow-with-Burrow is a civil parish in the English county of Lancashire. The
2001 census
,
[1] decreasing to 182 at the 2011 Census.[2]
It is on the
itself being some 17 miles (27 km) away.Settlements in the parish include Nether Burrow, Over Burrow, Overtown and Cowan Bridge.
The parish is sometimes referred to as "Burrow" for brevity.[3]
History
Roman pavements, altars, inscriptions, urns, and coins have been found here; and a Roman milestone is on the road.[4]
Thornton-in-Lonsdale with Burrow-with-Burrow Orm has c720 acres /290ha of plough-land to be taxed.)[5] That manor would also have included grazing land but since only arable land was tallied the total area can only be induced. Orm was one of the family of Norse Noblemen
who held the most land in Northern England.
Burrow Hall is a large 18th-century country house set in an estate to the north of the village.
See also
References
- ^ "Parish headcount" (PDF). Lancashire County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2006. Retrieved 10 January 2009.
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ^ "Learn more". B4RN. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ Genuki.org John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
- ^ Powell-Smith, Anna. "[Nether and Over] Burrow | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org.
External links
Media related to Burrow-with-Burrow at Wikimedia Commons
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