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Burrow with Burrow

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"BURROW-WITH-BURROW, a township in Tunstall parish, Lancashire; on the river Lune, 2 miles SE of Kirkby-Lonsdale. Acres, 2,290. Real property, £2,737. Pop., 225. Houses, 38. The Roman station Bremetonacum is thought to have been here; Roman pavements, altars, inscriptions, urns, and coins have been found; and a Roman milestone is on the road. Burrow Hall is the seat of the Parrs."

John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)

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Civil Registration

The Register Office covering the Burrow with Burrow area is Lancaster.

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Description & Travel

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Gazetteers

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"BURROW-WITH-BURROW, a township in the parish of Tunstall, hundred of Lonsdale, in the county palatine of Lancaster, 2 miles to the S.E. of Kirkby Lonsdale South of the Sands. It is situated on the river Lune, where the Leek brook falls into it. Numerous Roman remains, consisting of pavements, altars, coins, &c., have been discovered. The township is near the north-eastern extremity of Lancashire, where it adjoins the counties of York and Westmoreland."

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Historical Geography

In 1835 Burrow with Burrow was a township in the parish of Tunstall.

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Probate Records

For probate purposes prior to 1858, Burrow with Burrow was in the Archdeaconry of Richmond, in the Diocese of Chester. The original Lancashire wills for the Archdeaconry of Richmond are held at the Lancashire Record Office.

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Societies

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