Fingland

Fingland
Midtown Farm, Fingland
Fingland
Fingland shown within Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY254569
Civil parish	Bowness-on-Solway
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
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Workington
List of places UK England Cumbria 54°54′07″N 3°09′43″W / 54.902°N 3.162°W / 54.902; -3.162Coordinates: 54°54′07″N 3°09′43″W / 54.902°N 3.162°W / 54.902; -3.162

Fingland is a hamlet in the Allerdale District, in the county of Cumbria. Fingland is located on the B5307 road in between the villages of Kirkbride and Kirkbampton. There is a farm called Fingland Rigg nearby, which gives its name to Fingland Rigg 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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