Flookburgh

Flookburgh est un village britannique situé dans le district de South Lakeland, péninsule de Cartmel, dans le comté de Cumbria, en Angleterre. Il faisait partie du Lancashire jusqu’en 1974. Étant proche de la baie de Morecambe, la pêche aux coques et aux crevettes joue un rôle important dans la vie du village. La population comptait 1 220 habitants en 2021.

1. Localisation

Flookburgh est situé à 5,1 km de la ville la plus proche, Grange-over-Sands. En voyageant par la route, il est de 27 km au sud de Kendal, 18,8 km à l'est d'Ulverston, 35,2 km à l'est de Barrow-in-Furness et 50,4 km à l'ouest de Lancastre.

1. Administration

Flookburgh fait partie de la circonscription parlementaire de Westmorland and Lonsdale, dont Tim Farron est l'actuel député représentant les libéraux démocrates. Aux fins de l’administration territoriale, il se trouve dans le quartier de Cartmel du district de South Lakeland et dans la division de Cartmel du conseil du comté de Cumbria. Le village a également son propre conseil paroissial : Conseil paroissial de Lower Holker.

1. Notes et références


1. Liens externes

(en) Historique du comté de Cumbria : Holker, Lower (en) Défi de la baie de Flookburgh à Hest Bank de Keith Wilkinson sur ITV Portail de l’Angleterre

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Flookburgh is an ancient village on the Cartmel peninsula in Cumbria, England. Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire and being close to Morecambe Bay, cockle and shrimp fishing plays a big part in village life. Flookburgh has a Haven Holidays site called Lakeland Leisure Park. Flookburgh is sometimes thought to derive its name from a flat fish, known as the Fluke, found in the area. (Many people in Flookburgh say, in fact, that Flookburgh wasn't named after the Fluke; the Fluke was named after the village.) However, it is far more likely that the name is Norse, an adaptation of 'Flugga's Town'.

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Lower Holker

Lower Holker is a civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness 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, increasing at the 2011 census to 1,869. In chronostratigraphy, the British sub-stage of the Carboniferous period, the 'Holkerian' derives its name from Holker Hall.

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St John the Baptist's Church, Flookburgh

St John the Baptist's Church is in Station Road in the village of Flookburgh, on the Cartmel Peninsula in Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Windermere, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is united with those of St Mary, Allithwaite, St Mary and St Michael, Cartmel, St Peter, Field Broughton, St Paul, Grange-over-Sands, Grange Fell Church, Grange-Over-Sands, St Paul, Lindale, St Mary Staveley-in-Cartmel, St Anne Haverthwaite and St Peter Finsthwaite to form the benefice of Cartmel Peninsula. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

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Cark & Cartmel railway station

Cark & Cartmel is a railway station on the Furness line, which runs between Barrow-in-Furness and Lancaster. The station, situated 15+1⁄4 miles (25 km) north-east of Barrow-in-Furness, serves the villages of Allithwaite, Cark, Cartmel and Flookburgh in Cumbria. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

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Ravenstown

Ravenstown is also a nickname for Baltimore, Maryland. Ravenstown is a settlement in the Lower Holker parish of the Cartmel Peninsula in Cumbria, England. The village is mostly a housing estate which was built during First World war to serve a new airship station built in the area. Ravenstown lies south of the larger village of Flookburgh and was historically part of Lancashire.

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