Blencogo

Blencogo
Blencogo
	; The New Inn public house, Blencogo
	Blencogo Location in Allerdale, CumbriaShow map of AllerdaleShow map of CumbriaShow all
OS grid reference	NY195478
Civil parish	Bromfield;
District	Allerdale;
Shire county	Cumbria;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WIGTON
Postcode district	CA7
Dialling code	01697
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Workington;
	List of places UK England Cumbria 54°49′08″N 3°15′07″W / 54.819°N 3.252°WCoordinates: 54°49′08″N 3°15′07″W / 54.819°N 3.252°W

Blencogo is a small farming village near Wigton in Cumbria, England. It is situated on the Solway Plain in the Allerdale Borough Council area, off the B3502 Wigton to Silloth road. The village is a centre for growing osier willow for basketmaking and related crafts.

Etymology[]

Armstrong, et al. cite Ekwall,^[1] who "derives this name from Welsh 'blaen' 'top'...and 'cog' 'cuckoo' to which was later added ON 'haugr' 'hill' ". However, they say that it is more probable that the final element "is the British plural inflexion (Welsh '-au', Cornish '-ow', Breton '-ou')." ^[2] So, ' hill of the cuckoo or cuckoos'.('ON' is Old Norse; 'British' is Common Brittonic).

History[]

Blencogo first appears in literature around 1100 CE when the Lord Waltheof of Allerdale gives the barony of Blencogo to Odard de Logis.^[3] Numerous land transfers are made to Holme Cultram Abbey in over the next 150 years.^[4] Land transfers and grants for Blencogo also appear in the patent and charter rolls for Edward III (1342), Richard II (1388), Henry IV (1399), Henry VI (1426), Edward IV (1474), and Henry VII (1543).

Famous Residents[]

Jonathan Boucher (1738-1804), born here

References[]

^ Ekwall, Eilert (1922). The place-names of Lancashire. Manchester: Chetham Society.
^ Armstrong, A. M.; Mawer, A.; Stenton, F. M.; Dickens, B. (1950). The place-names of Cumberland. English Place-Name Society, vol.xx. Part 1. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 122.
^ Ritson, Joseph. Annals of the Caledonians, Picts, and Scots; and of Strathclyde, Cumberland, Galloway, and Murray, Volume the Second. Edinburgh: Ballantyne and Company, 1828. 235.
^ Grainger, Francis & William Gershom Collingwood. The Register and Records of Holm Cultram. London: T. Wilson & Sons, 1929.

External links[]

Cumbria County History Trust: Blencogo (nb: provisional research only - see Talk page)
Blencogo Village website
Willow growers' website

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[1] Ekwall, Eilert (1922). The place-names of Lancashire. Manchester: Chetham Society.

[2] Armstrong, A. M.; Mawer, A.; Stenton, F. M.; Dickens, B. (1950). The place-names of Cumberland. English Place-Name Society, vol.xx. Part 1. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 122.

[3] Ritson, Joseph. Annals of the Caledonians, Picts, and Scots; and of Strathclyde, Cumberland, Galloway, and Murray, Volume the Second. Edinburgh: Ballantyne and Company, 1828. 235.

[4] Grainger, Francis & William Gershom Collingwood. The Register and Records of Holm Cultram. London: T. Wilson & Sons, 1929.

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