Birgham
Human settlement in Scotland
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Location within the
Scottish Borders
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OS grid reference | NT7939 |
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Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | COLDSTREAM |
Postcode district | TD12 |
Dialling code | 01890 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
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55°38′42″N 2°20′02″W / 55.645°N 2.334°W / 55.645; -2.334 |
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 their road signs amended to include the reference.
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- RCAHMS: Birgham
- RCAHMS/Canmore record for Birgham
- SCRAN: Roy map of Birgham
- Gazetteer for Scotland: Birgham
- Birgham Village community website
Berwickshire
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