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Brisco or Birksceugh is a village in the civil parish of St Cuthbert Without, in the Carlisle district, in the county of Cumbria, England. It is located a few miles south of the city of Carlisle, near Junction 42 of the M6 motorway. There is St Ninian's well in the village. In the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72 the township had a population of 323.




History


The name "Brisco" means "wood of the (Strathclyde) Britons", Brisco was recorded as "Brethesco" in the 1203 Pipe Rolls. The village is one of the possible sources of the surname Brisco. Brisco railway station served the village.




See also



Listed buildings in St Cuthbert Without




References






External links


Cumbria County History Trust: Carlisle : St. Cuthbert Without (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)

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• Daftar tempat di Britania Raya/Bre-Bri
• Brisco, Cumbria
• Brisco
• Brisco (surname)
• BBC Radio Cumbria
• List of Holy Wells in Cumbria
• Brisco railway station
• E. B. Ford
• Crofton, Cumbria
• List of places in Cumbria
• St Cuthbert Without