| The present day Newlands valley settlements of Keskadale, Skelgill, Birk Rigg, High Snab and Uzzicar all have their name origins from the early Viking settlers. |
| The plants in all these are either a brier and a rose, or a brier and a birk. |
| The six stoups are a group of standing stones by the main Guisborough to Whitby road at the top of Birk Brow on the A171 outside Guisborough. |
| We crossed the crystal spring-fed water of Deep Gill and doubled back into the old woods of Birk Bank. |
| The birk held a high place in the secret rites and customs of the Ballad Age. |
| A fox was caught on Birk Fell, near Tilberthwaite, and a second got away after the pack met a group of walkers and the hounds lost the scent. |
