Birgham (Scotland)
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Information for Authority record
Name (Latin)
Birgham (Scotland)
Other forms of name
Brigham (Scotland)
Coordinates
-2.334 -2.334 55.645 55.645 (gooearth )
W0022000 W0022000 N0553900 N0553900 (geonames )
Associated country
Great Britain
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Eccles, Leitholm & Birgham, 1998
- Barth. gaz. of places in Brit., 1986:p. 24 (Birgham, Borders vil 3m/5km W of Coldstream)
- Johnston's gaz. of Scot., 1958:p. 32 (Birgham, vil. on Tweed, 3 1/2 m. W. of Coldstream)
- Ordnance gaz. of Scot., 1901:p. 462 (Birgham or Brigham, a vil. in Eccles par., Berwickshire, 3 1/2 m. W by S of Coldstream)
Wikipedia description:
Birgham is a village in Berwickshire, parish of Eccles in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, near Coldstream and the River Tweed, on the A698. Birgham is close to Ednam, Kelso, Lempitlaw, Leitholm and Sprouston as well as Carham and Wark on Tweed, Northumberland. Since mid-December 2015 Birgham has been unofficially twinned with Bedford Falls, the setting for the 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life, even having its road signs amended to include the reference.
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