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.The Scotsman. Scotsman 18 December 2015 - It's A Wonderful Life in Birgham
See also Treaty of Birgham List of places in the Scottish Borders List of places in Scotland
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External links
RCAHMS: Birgham RCAHMS/Canmore record for Birgham SCRAN: Roy map of Birgham Gazetteer for Scotland: Birgham Birgham Village community website