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]

Wiggonby
Wiggonby
Wiggonby is located in the former Allerdale Borough
Wiggonby
Wiggonby
Location in Allerdale, Cumbria
Wiggonby is located in Cumbria
Wiggonby
Wiggonby
Location within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY296530
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWIGTON
Postcode districtCA7
Dialling code016973
PoliceCumbria
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Cumbria
54°52′01″N 3°05′49″W / 54.867°N 3.097°W / 54.867; -3.097

History

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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]

References

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  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.
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