Lower Holker
Human settlement in England
- Lower Holker
- South Lakeland
- Cumbria
- North West
- Westmorland and Lonsdale
Lower Holker is a civil parish 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. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,808,[2] increasing at the 2011 census to 1,869.[1]
In chronostratigraphy, the British sub-stage of the Carboniferous period, the 'Holkerian' derives its name from Holker Hall.[3]
See also
Cumbria portal
References
- ^ a b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Lower Holker Parish (E04002627)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Lower Holker Parish (16UG044)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ Harland, W.B. 1990 A Geologic Time Scale 1989, Cambridge University Press p43
External links
- Cumbria County History Trust: Holker, Lower (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
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