Fingland Explained

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Fingland. A Vision of Britain through Time. 13 January 2022.