Lower Holker

Lower Holker

Holker Hall
Lower Holker
 Lower Holker shown within Cumbria
Population 1,869 (2011)
OS grid referenceSD3677
Civil parishLower Holker
DistrictSouth Lakeland
Shire countyCumbria
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town GRANGE OVER SANDS
Postcode district LA11
Dialling code 01539
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK ParliamentWestmorland and Lonsdale
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria

Coordinates: 54°11′06″N 2°58′55″W / 54.185°N 2.982°W / 54.185; -2.982

Lower Holker is a civil parish and electoral ward (called Holker) in the South Lakeland district of the English county of Cumbria. It includes the villages of Cark and Flookburgh, the hamlets of Holker, Ravenstown and Sand Gate, and historic Holker Hall. The parish has a population of 1,808,[1] increasing to 1,869 at the 2011 Census[2]

In chronostratigraphy, the British sub-stage of the Carboniferous period, the 'Holkerian' derives its name from Holker Hall.[3]

References

  1. Office for National Statistics: Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : South Lakeland Retrieved 26 October 2010
  2. "Ward/Parish population 2011". Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  3. Harland, W.B. 1990 A Geologic Time Scale 1989, Cambridge University Press p43


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