Aikshaw
| Aikshaw | |
| Cumberland | |
|---|---|
 The B5301 in Aikshaw | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NY123462 |
| Location: | 54°48’11"N, 3°21’50"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Wigton |
| Postcode: | CA7 |
| Dialling code: | 01697 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cumberland |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Workington |
Aikshaw is a hamlet in Cumberland, to be found approximately a mile and a half north-west of the village of Westnewton, and three miles east of the village of Mawbray.
The village stands beside the B5301 road, which runs from Silloth-on-Solway in the east by way of Tarns, Westnewton, and Aspatria to the A595 between Cockermouth and Bothel. Jericho is a mile to the east, with Edderside approximately a mile further to the south-east. Mealrigg is located half-a-mile to the south. Carlisle, Cumberland's county town, is located approximately twenty-two-and-a-half miles to the north-west.
Name
The name of Aikshaw is derived from the Old English ac-sceaga, meaning an oak wood. Archaic variant spellings include Aykesom, Aikeshawehil, and Aikeshaw.[1]
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References
- ↑ 'Plain People: Bygone Times on the Solway Plain' (Holme St Cuthbert History Group, 2004) ISBN 0954882318