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Birgham
BirghamLocation within the Scottish Borders
OS grid reference	NT7939
Council area	Scottish Borders
Lieutenancy area	Berwickshire
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	COLDSTREAM
Postcode district	TD12
Dialling code	01890
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Scottish Parliament	Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire
List of places UK Scotland 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 its road signs amended to include the reference.

See also

• Treaty of Birgham
• List of places in the Scottish Borders
• List of places in Scotland

References

1. The Scotsman. Scotsman 18 December 2015 - It's A Wonderful Life in Birgham

External links

• RCAHMS: Birgham
• RCAHMS/Canmore record for Birgham
• SCRAN: Roy map of Birgham
• Gazetteer for Scotland: Birgham
• Birgham Village community website

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