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Fingland
Fingland is a hamlet in the Cumberland 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. 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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Studholme, Cumbria
Studholme is a hamlet in the English county of Cumbria.
Studholme is located about a mile north-west of the village of Little Bampton.
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New Dykes Brow railway station
New Dykes Brow was an early, short lived railway station near Fingland, Cumbria on the Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway & Dock Company's branch from Carlisle to Silloth
The station served the small hamlet of Fingland and its rural surrounds, though its name is unclear from this distance in time.
Its timetable entries show trains calling on Saturdays only (Market Day). It only appeared in public timetables from November 1856 to October 1866.
In 1866 no evidence of the station could be seen on OS maps,. It is possible that this was a "use it or lose it" stopping place where no platforms were built.
The line through the station site closed on 7 September 1964.
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Little Bampton
Little Bampton is a village in Cumbria situated 6 miles outside the market town of Wigton and 8 miles west of Carlisle, England. The village comprises approximately 40 houses, some dating back to the 18th century. The village does not have a hall or a Church, but its meeting place is the Pub called 'The Tam O'Shanter'. In 1870-72 the township had a population of 172.
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Drumburgh
Drumburgh ( DRUM-bruff) is a small settlement in Cumbria, England. It is 13 kilometres (8 mi) northwest of the city of Carlisle and is on the course of Hadrian's Wall, near to Burgh by Sands. The village is sited on a gentle hill with a good view in all directions over the surrounding lowlands.