Docker, Cumbria
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Coordinates: 54°21′14″N 2°40′01″W / 54.354°N 2.667°W
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 Docker
Docker shown within Cumbria |
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| Population | 55 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | SD5695 |
| Civil parish | Docker |
| District | South Lakeland |
| Shire county | Cumbria |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | KENDAL |
| Postcode district | LA8 |
| 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 | |
Docker is a civil parish in the South Lakeland district of the English county of Cumbria. It has a population of 55.
[edit] Etymology
Diana Whalley 2006 'A Dictionary of Lake District Place-Names', English Place Name Society, has this name as either place-name 'the shieling at the hollow' or 'the shieling where the plant called dock grows', or a personal name which "may have been a link with the family traced in Parker 1918" (Parker CA 'A pedigree of the family of Docker'. CW2 18, 161-73). Whalley also refers to "the same problematic syllable in Dockray and ... Dockray Nook" (NY3921 & NY0820).
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