OS grid reference NY254569 Post town WIGTON Dialling code 016973 | Sovereign state United Kingdom Postcode district CA7 | |
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Fingland is a hamlet in the Allerdale District, in the county of Cumbria. Fingland is located on the B5307 road in between the villages of Kirkbride and Kirkbampton. There is a farm called Fingland Rigg nearby, which gives its name to Fingland Rigg National Nature Reserve.
Map of Fingland, Wigton, UK
It was called Thingland in the Middle Ages (Thingland in 1279) meaning "place of the a Scandinavian ting, assembly". There is a similar place-name in Normandy near Jobourg (Cotentin) : le Tingland.
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Fingland Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA