Eastriggs

E1041535

Eastriggs is a small town in Dumfries and Galloway in southwest Scotland, historically associated with munitions production during World War I.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Eastriggs canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
builtDuring World War I ⓘ
category Planned communities in Scotland ⓘ
Villages in Dumfries and Galloway ⓘ
World War I sites in Scotland ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
developedFor wartime munitions industry ⓘ
dialCode 01461 ⓘ
distanceTo approximately 16 miles west of Carlisle ⓘ
approximately 3 miles east of Annan ⓘ
approximately 8 miles west of Gretna ⓘ
governingCouncilArea Dumfries and Galloway Council ⓘ
gridReference NY236657 ⓘ
hasFeature street names commemorating Commonwealth locations ⓘ
wartime workers’ housing ⓘ
hasHistoricalAssociation HM Factory, Gretna ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
munitions production ⓘ
hasMuseum The Devil’s Porridge Museum ⓘ
hasNearbyBorder England ⓘ
hasPrimarySchool Eastriggs Primary School ⓘ
hasTransport Eastriggs railway station ⓘ
historicalRegion Dumfriesshire ⓘ
latitudeApprox 54.988 ⓘ
lieutenancyArea Dumfries ⓘ
locatedIn Dumfries and Galloway ⓘ
southwest Scotland ⓘ
longitudeApprox -3.183 ⓘ
museumFocus HM Factory, Gretna and local wartime history ⓘ
near Annan ⓘ
Gretna ⓘ
Solway Firth ⓘ
originalPurpose housing for munitions workers ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituencyScotland Dumfriesshire ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituencyUK Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale ⓘ
linked to: Dumfriesshire
partOf Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
postalTown ANNAN ⓘ
postCodeArea DG ⓘ
postCodeDistrict DG12 ⓘ
railwayServedBy Glasgow South Western Line ⓘ
region Solway Coast ⓘ
linked to: Solway Firth coast
roadServedBy B721 road ⓘ
urbanForm planned town ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

River Annan near Brydekirk → near → Eastriggs ⓘ