Lower Holker

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]

Lower Holker

Holker Hall
Lower Holker
Location within Cumbria
Population1,869 (2011)
OS grid referenceSD3677
Civil parish
  • Lower Holker
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGRANGE OVER SANDS
Postcode districtLA11
Dialling code01539
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament

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

See also

References
  1. Office for National Statistics: Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : South Lakeland Archived 2014-12-05 at the Wayback Machine 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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