Pickburn

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Pickburn is a hamlet in South Yorkshire, England, close to the village of Brodsworth and Brodsworth Hall. It appears to get its name from the small stream "Pick Burn" (or river Pick) which flows through it on it's way to Highfields Lake, in the Woodlands wildlife park. At the time of Kirkby's Inquest, Pickburn was held by the Wasteneys and the Lyvets.[1] The Lyvets (Levett), who gave their name to the nearby hamlet of Hooton Levitt, later held Roche Abbey by inheritance from the FitzTurgis (later de Wickersley) family.

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  1. ^ The Publications of the Surtees Society, Kirkby's Inquest for Yorkshire, The Survey of the County of York, John de Kirkby, 1866
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Coordinates: 53°34′N, 1°13′W