Aikhead

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Aikhead
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Aikhead
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Aikhead
Location within Cumbria
OS grid reference NY236492
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town WIGTON
Postcode district CA7
Dialling code 016973
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54°49′57″N3°11′19″W / 54.8325°N 3.188611°W / 54.8325; -3.188611

Aikhead is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, within the Lake District. It is about one and a half miles northwest of Wigton, and is in the civil parish of Woodside. [1] The hamlet was the residence of John Rooke, an English geologist. [2]

References

  1. "Welcome". www.woodside-parish-council.org. Woodside Parish Council. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  2. "Woodside". Bulmer's History & Directory Of Cumberland. 1901. Retrieved 9 September 2014.