Bomarsund, Northumberland
Bomarsund is a village in Northumberland, in England. It is situated to the north of Bedlington, and just south of Stakeford.
The village grew around a coal pit opened in 1854 and was named after the August 1854 battle - part of the Crimean War - at the fort of Bomarsund in Sund, Åland Islands. It was home to the former Northumberland Brewery. Bomarsund won the National Village Cricket Championship in 1974. They beat a team from Collingham, Nottinghamshire by three wickets in the final, which was played at Edgbaston, after the original match at Lord's was rained off.[1]
References
- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1984) p. 332. London: John Wisden and Co Ltd.
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