Arkholme-with-Cawood
Coordinates: 54°08′38″N 2°38′31″W / 54.144°N 2.642°W
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 Arkholme motte and the west end of the Church of St John the Baptist |
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 Arkholme-with-Cawood
Arkholme-with-Cawood shown within Lancashire |
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| Population | 334 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | SD581721 |
| Civil parish | Arkholme-with-Cawood |
| District | Lancaster |
| Shire county | Lancashire |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CARNFORTH |
| Postcode district | LA6 |
| Dialling code | 01524 |
| Police | Lancashire |
| Fire | Lancashire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | Morecambe & Lunesdale |
| List of places: UK • England • Lancashire | |
Arkholme-with-Cawood is a civil parish of the City of Lancaster in Lancashire, England. The parish of Arkholme-with-Cawood had a population of 334 recorded in the 2001 census,[1] The parish is north east of Lancaster and lies on the B6254 road.
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[edit] History
Arkholme is a small village forming part of a cluster of sites along the Lune valley, each with evidence of a motte – as with Melling and Whittington. Arkholme has no surviving bailey. This is the densest distribution of Norman castles outside of the Welsh border countryside.
It was served by the Furness and Midland Joint Railway line, until 1960. A tunnel took the line from Wennington (where it connected with the Midland Railway) to Melling, the next station being at Arkholme.
[edit] Thankful Village
Arkholme is one of only two Thankful Villages in Lancashire – those rare places that suffered no fatalities during the Great War of 1914 to 1918. This small village sent by far the biggest number from one village and parish off to war – 59. It is remarkable that all 59 returned to their homes. A nearby village, Nether Kellet, 5 miles to the south west, sent 21 men and it, too, is a Thankful Village – all their men returned.
According to the following article on the BBC website, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15671943, Arkholme and Nether Kellet were also doubly thankful villages. If this is the case, it makes Lancashire the only county with more than one thankful village where all thankful villages are also doubly thankful. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thankful_Villages
[edit] Religion
In the village is the 15th-century Church of St John the Baptist.[2]
[edit] Cawood
Cawood was originally the forest owned by the Lords of Hornby, hence the "wood" in its name.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Parish headcount". Lancashire County Council. http://www.lancashireparishcouncils.gov.uk/documents/information/Parish_headcount.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
- ^ St. John the Baptist
- ^ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53299 British History Online
[edit] External links
Media related to Arkholme-with-Cawood at Wikimedia Commons
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