Lower Holker

Lower Holker
Holker Hall
Lower Holker Lower Holker shown within Cumbria
Population	1,869 (2011)
OS grid reference	SD3677
Civil parish	Lower Holker
District	South Lakeland
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United 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 Parliament	Westmorland and Lonsdale
List of places UK England Cumbria

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

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

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