Mockerkin

Mockerkin is a settlement in the English county of Cumbria. Historically part of Cumberland, it is situated just outside the Lake District National Park.

Mockerkin
Mockerkin village centre
Mockerkin Location within Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY089232
Civil parish	Loweswater
District	Allerdale
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	COCKERMOUTH
Postcode district	CA13
Dialling code	01946
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Copeland

It lies by road 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Cockermouth., 11.1 miles (18 km) east of Whitehaven, 32.6 miles (52 km) south-west of Carlisle and 48.2 miles (78 km) to the north of Barrow-in-Furness.

The name probably derives from the hill-top of a man called Corcán.[1]

Governance

Mockerkin is within the Copeland UK Parliamentary constituency and the North West England European Parliamentary constituency. Trudy Harrison is the Member of parliament.

For the European Parliament residents in Mockerkin vote to elect MEP's for the North West England constituency.[2]

For Local Government purposes it is in the Crummock + Derwent Valley Ward of Allerdale Borough Council and the Bothel and Wharrels Division of Cumbria County Council.

The village also has its own Parish Council; Loweswater Parish Council, which is part of The Melbreak Communities (comprising the four parishes of Blindbothel, Buttermere, Lorton and Loweswater).[3]

References

1. Mills, A.D. (2003). A Dictionary of British Place-Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-852758-6.
2. "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
3. "The Melbreak Communities".