Biglands

Biglands
Biglands
	; Biglands
	Biglands Location within Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY254530
Civil parish	Aikton;
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;

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

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]

References

Maps (Map). Google Maps.
J. Collingwood Bruce and David Breeze, Handbook to the Roman Wall, 14th Edition 2006, p.375
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.
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.
Smith, Kenneth (1973). Cumbrian Villages. R. Hale. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-7091-4175-4. Retrieved 9 July 2012.

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[GM-1] Maps (Map). Google Maps.

[2] J. Collingwood Bruce and David Breeze, Handbook to the Roman Wall, 14th Edition 2006, p.375

[WorksEnvironment1976-3] 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.

[MahanyCracknell1994-4] 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.

[Smith1973-5] Smith, Kenneth (1973). Cumbrian Villages. R. Hale. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-7091-4175-4. Retrieved 9 July 2012.

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