Country: | England |
Static Image Name: | MidTown Farm, Fingland - geograph.org.uk - 118305.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Midtown Farm, Fingland |
Coordinates: | 54.902°N -3.162°W |
Official Name: | Fingland |
Civil Parish: | Bowness |
Shire District: | Allerdale |
Shire County: | Cumbria |
Region: | North West England |
Constituency Westminster: | Workington |
Post Town: | WIGTON |
Postcode District: | CA7 |
Postcode Area: | CA |
Dial Code: | 016973 |
Os Grid Reference: | NY254569 |
Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom Allerdale |
Fingland is a hamlet in the Allerdale district, in the county of Cumbria, England. Fingland is located on the B5307 road in between the villages of Kirkbride and Kirkbampton. In 1870-72 the township had a population of 219.[1] There is a farm called Fingland Rigg nearby, which gives its name to Finglandrigg Woods National Nature Reserve.
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.