Fingland

Fingland
Fingland
	Midtown Farm, Fingland
	Fingland Location in Allerdale, Cumbria Fingland Location within Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY254569
Civil parish	Bowness;
District	Allerdale;
Shire county	Cumbria;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WIGTON
Postcode district	CA7
Dialling code	016973
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Workington;
	List of places UK England Cumbria 54°54′07″N 3°09′43″W / 54.902°N 3.162°W

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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^ "Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Fingland". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

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[1] "Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Fingland". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

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