Bowness railway station

Milefortlet 1 (Biglands House) was a milefortlet of the Roman Cumbrian Coast defences. These milefortlets and intervening stone watchtowers extended from the western end of Hadrian's Wall, along the Cumbrian coast and were linked by a wooden palisade. They were contemporary with defensive structures on Hadrian's Wall. The remains of Milefortlet 1 survive as a slight earthwork.

Bowness-on-Solway is a village in Cumbria, England. It is situated to the west of Carlisle on the southern side of the Solway Firth estuary separating England and Scotland. The civil parish had a population of 1,126 at the 2011 census. The western end of Hadrian's Wall is a notable tourist destination, though the Wall itself is no longer to be seen here above ground. The west end of the Hadrian's Wall Path is marked by a pavilion on the small coastal cliff at Bowness. The village is part of the Solway Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Milecastle 80 was one of a series of Milecastles or small fortlets built at intervals of approximately one Roman mile along Hadrian's Wall (grid reference NY22276270).

St Michael's Church is in the village of Bowness-on-Solway, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Carlisle, the archdeaconry of Carlisle, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is united with those of St Bride, Kirkbride, and St John the Evangelist, Newton Arlosh. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

Maia, or Mais, (with the modern name of Bowness-on-Solway) in Cumbria, England was a Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall, and was the last (or first) fort at the western end of the Wall, overlooking the Solway Firth.

Milefortlet 2 was a Milefortlet of the Roman Cumbrian Coast defences. These milefortlets and intervening stone watchtowers extended from the western end of Hadrian's Wall, along the Cumbrian coast and were linked by a wooden palisade. They were contemporary with defensive structures on Hadrian's Wall. The exact location of Milefortlet 2 is unknown, although one of the nearby turrets (Tower 2B) has been located and excavated.

Milecastle 79 (Solway House) was one of a series of Milecastles or small fortlets built at intervals of approximately one Roman mile along Hadrian's Wall (grid reference NY23596224).

Longcroft is a small community in Cumbria, England, nestled in between Kirkbride and Anthorn. The village contains only five houses, one of which is Longcroft Farm, a dairy farm. The marsh at the bottom of the lands has been used in film documentaries, as it is the only place in Cumbria where there is not "background pollution".Isold Isabel de Longcroft (born about 1107, Longcroft, Cumbria) wed, in 1128, Lord Odard de Loges (aka Logis; born 1095, Highlands, Scotland), who was made Earl of Wigton by King Henry I, fourth son of William the Conqueror. The couple had two sons, Baron Adam de Wigton (born Wigton, Cumbria, 1129 - died around 1208) and Baron Gilbert de Wigton (born Wigton, Cumbria, about 1130 – died about 1190).The de Wigton and de Kirkbride families intermarried in 1286, when Sir Richard de Kirkbride married Christina de Wigton in Kirkbride, Cumbria; the couple had two sons: Walter de Kirkbride (1287–1336), who married Alice de Bourdon in 1313 John de Kirkbride (1295–1327)The extremely distant descendants of the Kirkbrides would eventually emigrate across the pond to the New World and help establish the American city of Trenton, New Jersey, the capital of the State of New Jersey.

Kimmeter Park Green was a football ground in Annan, Scotland. It was the home ground of Solway Star from 1921 until 1939, and hosted Scottish Football League matches between 1923 and 1926.

The River Annan (Scottish Gaelic: Abhainn Anann) is a river in south-west Scotland. It rises on Annanhead Hill and flows through the Devil's Beef Tub, Moffat and Lockerbie, reaching the sea at Annan, Dumfries and Galloway after about 40 miles.

Annan Shawhill was a station on the Solway Junction Railway at Annan in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The branch line ran between a junction with the Caledonian Railway Main Line at Kirtlebridge, across the Glasgow South Western Line, over the Solway Viaduct into Cumberland, England. The station opened for passenger services in 1870. Passenger services were withdrawn in the early 1930s when the cost of maintaining the Solway Viaduct was deemed too high to sustain. Although the line to England was removed, the Scottish part of the branch to Annan Shawhill remained opened for freight until it was finally closed in the 1950s.

Port Carlisle railway station was a railway station in Port Carlisle, Cumbria; the terminus on the Port Carlisle Railway, serving the village and old port and the steamer service to Liverpool that ran from here until 1856, when it was transferred to Silloth. Port Carlisle was two and a half miles away by train from Drumburgh and Glasson was one and a quarter miles away. The journey time to Drumburgh was nine minutes, although Glasson was a request stop.