Aikhead
Encyclopedia
Aikhead is a village in the English
county of Cumbria
, within the Lake District
. It is about one and a half miles northwest of Wigton
. The village was the residence of John Rooke, an English geologist. http://www.stevebulman.f9.co.uk/cumbria/1901/woodside1901_f.html
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
county of Cumbria
Cumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
, within the Lake District
Lake District
The Lake District, also commonly known as The Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England. A popular holiday destination, it is famous not only for its lakes and its mountains but also for its associations with the early 19th century poetry and writings of William Wordsworth...
. It is about one and a half miles northwest of Wigton
Wigton
Wigton is a small market town and civil parish outside the Lake District, in the administrative county of Cumbria in England, and traditionally in Cumberland. It is the bustling and thriving centre of the Solway Plain, situated between the Caldbeck Fells and the Solway coast...
. The village was the residence of John Rooke, an English geologist. http://www.stevebulman.f9.co.uk/cumbria/1901/woodside1901_f.html