Lower Holker
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HOLKER (LOWER), a village and a township in Cartmel parish, Lancashire. The village stands 2 miles SW of Cartmel town, and contains several neat residences. The township includes also the villages of Cark and Flookburgh; and is conterminate with Flookburgh cha pelry. Acres, 2,130. Real property, £4,600. Pop. in 1851, 1,225; in 1861, 1,160. Houses, 243. The decrease of pop. was caused by the removal of operatives to the iron ore localities. The manor belongs to the Duke of Devonshire. Holker Hall, a seat of the Duke, is a spacious edifice; has recently undergone much improvement; contains a fine collection of paintings; and stands in a well wooded park, extending to the shore of Morecambe bay.John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)
Archives and libraries
Local studies information is held at Cumbria Record Office & Local Studies Library, Barrow and at Kendal library.Cemeteries
- St John the Baptist, Market St, Church of England, Flookburgh
- St John the Baptist, Station Road, Church of England, Flookburgh
Census
Details about the census records, and indexes for Lower Holker.Church History
Church Records
- St John the Baptist, Market St, Church of England, Flookburgh
- St John the Baptist, Station Road, Church of England, Flookburgh
- St Cuthbert, Allithwaite Rd, Roman Catholic, Flookburgh
- Station Road, Wesleyan Methodist, Cark
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Civil Registration
The Register Office covering the Lower Holker area is Ulverston.Gazetteers
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In 1835 Lower Holker was a township in the parish of Cartmel.Information about boundaries and administrative areas is available from A Vision of Britain through time.