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Wiggonby
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Wiggonby
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Post town WIGTON
Postcode district CA7
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54°52′01″N3°05′49″W / 54.867°N 3.097°W / 54.867; -3.097 Coordinates: 54°52′01″N3°05′49″W / 54.867°N 3.097°W / 54.867; -3.097

Wiggonby is a hamlet in parish of Aikton and the district of Allerdale, in the English county of Cumbria. Historically in Cumberland, it seven miles away from the city of Carlisle and 2 14 miles from the village of Great Orton. The village has an area of 2,404 acres. [1] It has a primary school called Wiggonby CE School, which currently has 48 pupils. [2]

History

The village school was founded in 1792 and rebuilt in 1860. [3] Circa 1870, it had a population of 298 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. [4] The village was the site of RAF Great Orton, also known as Wiggonby airfield during World War II. [5] It was opened in June 1943 as a satellite of RAF Silloth, it closed in August 1952. The site of the airfield was also used to bury nearly half a million animal carcasses in the 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak. [6]

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References

  1. "Aikton Parish". Cumbria County History Trust.
  2. "Home | Wiggonby CofE School". www.wiggonby.cumbria.sch.uk.
  3. "Aikton Parish Council".
  4. "History of Wiggonby, in Allerdale and Cumberland". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  5. "Wiggonby Aerodrome Watch-office". www.users.globalnet.co.uk.
  6. "Great Orton - Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust UK". www.abct.org.uk.