Fingland

{{Short description|Hamlet in Cumbria, England}}

{{about||the Canadian civil servant|Frank Fingland|the British diplomat|Stanley Fingland}}

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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| static_image_name = MidTown Farm, Fingland - geograph.org.uk - 118305.jpg

| static_image_caption = Midtown Farm, Fingland

| coordinates = {{coord|54.902|-3.162|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Fingland

| population =

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| civil_parish = Bowness

| unitary_england = Cumberland

| lieutenancy_england = Cumbria

| region = North West England

| constituency_westminster = Penrith and Solway

| post_town = WIGTON

| postcode_district = CA7

| postcode_area = CA

| dial_code = 016973

| os_grid_reference = NY254569

| pushpin_map = United Kingdom Allerdale

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Allerdale, Cumbria

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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.{{Cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/792960|title=Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Fingland|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=13 January 2022}} 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.

See also

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References

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Category:Hamlets in Cumbria

Category:Cumberland (unitary authority)

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