Aikshaw

Aikshaw

The B5301 running through Aikshaw, with a side road leading to Abbeytown.
Aikshaw
 Aikshaw shown within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY123462
Civil parishHolme St Cuthbert
DistrictAllerdale
Shire countyCumbria
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town WIGTON
Postcode district CA7
Dialling code 01697
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK ParliamentWorkington
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Coordinates: 54°48′11″N 3°21′50″W / 54.803°N 3.364°W / 54.803; -3.364

Aikshaw is a hamlet in the civil parish of Holme St. Cuthbert in Cumbria, United Kingdom. It is located approximately one-and-a-half miles north-west of the village of Westnewton, and three miles east of the village of Mawbray. Jericho is located approximately one mile to the east, with Edderside approximately a mile further to the south-east. Mealrigg is located half-a-mile to the south. Carlisle, Cumbria's county town, is located approximately twenty-two-and-a-half miles to the north-west. Aikshaw lies on the B5301 road, which runs from Silloth-on-Solway in the east via Tarns, Westnewton, and Aspatria to the A595 between Cockermouth and Bothel.[1]

Etymology

The name of Aikshaw is derived from the Old English eik-sceaga, meaning an oak wood. Archaic variant spellings include Aykesom, Aikeshawehil, and Aikeshaw.[2]

References

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  1. "Google Maps - location of Aikshaw". Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  2. Holme St. Cuthbert History Group (2004). Plain People: Bygone Times on the Solway Plain. ISBN 0954882318.


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