Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Burgh by Sands within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Burgh-by-Sands, par. and vil. with ry. sta. (Burgh), E. Cumberland, 5½ miles NW. of Carlisle, 6170 ac. (60 water), 99 tidal water, and 68 foreshore, pop. 862; an obelisk, 1 m. to N., marks the place where Edward I. died, in 1307, on his march against Scotland.