Biglands

Biglands is a hamlet in Cumbria, England. It is located to the north of Gamelsby, and east of the River Wampool.[1]

Biglands

Biglands
Biglands
Location within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY254530
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWIGTON
Postcode districtCA7
Dialling code016973
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament

It is not the location of Milefortlet 1, the first milefortlet to the west of Hadrian's Wall, which is located on the coast overlooking the Solway Firth at Biglands House Farm,[2] about a mile to the west of Bowness-on-Solway and just to the south of Herdhill Scar. The confusion is caused by the proximity and similarity of names.[3][4]

A school was once located at Biglands, but it closed and was incorporated with Wiggonby school in 1959.[5]

See also

References

  1. Maps (Map). Google Maps.
  2. J. Collingwood Bruce and David Breeze, Handbook to the Roman Wall, 14th Edition 2006, p.375
  3. Great Britain. Ministry of Public Building and Works; Great Britain. Dept. of the Environment (1 January 1976). Archaeological excavations. HMSO. ISBN 978-0-11-670781-9. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  4. Cracknell, Stephen; Mahany, Christine (1994). Roman Alcester: Southern Extramural Area: 1964–1966 excavations. Pt 2: Finds and discussion. CBA research report. 97. York: Council for British Archaeology. p. 167. ISBN 978-1-872414-42-3.
  5. Smith, Kenneth (1973). Cumbrian Villages. R. Hale. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-7091-4175-4. Retrieved 9 July 2012.


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