Burtholme refers to any of a

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, England, a

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within that parish or a

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originally linked to the place. It also appears in Burtholme Beck, which marks a significant point on

Hadrian's Wall Hadrian's Wall (, also known as the ''Roman Wall'', Picts' Wall, or ''Vallum Aelium'' in Latin) is a former defensive fortification of the Roman province of Roman Britain, Britannia, begun in AD 122 in the reign of the Emperor Hadrian. Ru ...

Burtholme Civil Parish

Burtholme is a

within the

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district in

, in

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. Civil parishes such as Burtholme were established in 1894. The villages of

Lanercost Lanercost is a village in the northern part of Cumbria, England. The settlement is in the civil parish of Burtholme, in the Cumberland local government district. Lanercost is known for the presence of Lanercost Priory and its proximity to ...

and

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are in the parish. Burtholme sits within the ecclesiastical parish of

, which along with the civil parishes of Askerton, Kingwater and Waterhead are on the banks of the

River Irthing The River Irthing is a river in Cumbria, England and a major tributary of the River Eden. The name is recorded as Ard or Arden in early references. For the first 15 miles of its course it defines the border between Northumberland and Cumbria. ...

. The population of this civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 200.

runs through the parish.

Burtholme

Burtholme is also a small hamlet within the parish. The land around the hamlet extends down to the

and presumably is the ''holme'' (a piece of flat low-lying ground by a river or stream) of ''Burtholme'' or ''Burt's holme''. The name dates back to the

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and was well established by the time that

Lanercost Priory Lanercost Priory was founded by Robert de Vaux, Sheriff of Cumberland, Robert de Vaux between 1165 and 1174, the most likely date being 1169, to house Augustinians, Augustinian Canon (priest), canons. The priory is situated in the village of Lan ...

was founded in 1169, the founding charter of which made ''Burtholme Beck'' the western boundary of its land.

Burtholme Beck

Burtholme Beck is a small beck running through the parish of Burtholme feeding into the

. It is crossed by Hadrian's Wall and is close to the point ( Turret 53B) at which the building material used for Hadrian's Wall changed from Limestone (to the east) to red sandstone (to the west).

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Cumbria County History Trust: Burtholme
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Burtholme Civil Parish

Burtholme

Burtholme Beck

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