Little Scotland

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Little Scotland by David Hignett as part of the Geograph project.

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Little Scotland

Image: © David Hignett Taken: 7 Sep 2005

Why should this farmland to the South of Blundell Lane be called Little Scotland? The landowner, Baron Haigh of Wigan, was also Earl of Crawford and Balcarres. He could call it anything he liked. He liked the place of his birth. Any arguments?

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.592271
Longitude
-2.59975