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'''Cockerham''' is a small village and parish in [[Lancashire]], six miles south of the city and [[county town]] of [[Lancaster]]. Located on the [[River Cocker, Lancashire|River Cocker]], at the estuary of the [[River Lune]], it has a total resident population of 558,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadAreaSearch.do?a=7&c=Shaw+and+Crompton&d=16&i=1001&m=0&enc=1&areaSearchText=cockerham&areaSearchType=16&extendedList=true |title=Cockerham CP (Parish) |author= United Kingdom Census 2001 |publisher=neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk |accessdate=13 June 2007}}</ref> increasing to 671 at the 2011 Census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11122141&c=Cockerham&d=16&e=62&g=6441264&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1433689421525&enc=1|title=Parish population 2015|accessdate=7 June 2015}}</ref> | '''Cockerham''' is a small village and parish in [[Lancashire]], six miles south of the city and [[county town]] of [[Lancaster]]. Located on the [[River Cocker, Lancashire|River Cocker]], at the estuary of the [[River Lune]], it has a total resident population of 558,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadAreaSearch.do?a=7&c=Shaw+and+Crompton&d=16&i=1001&m=0&enc=1&areaSearchText=cockerham&areaSearchType=16&extendedList=true |title=Cockerham CP (Parish) |author= United Kingdom Census 2001 |publisher=neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk |accessdate=13 June 2007}}</ref> increasing to 671 at the 2011 Census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11122141&c=Cockerham&d=16&e=62&g=6441264&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1433689421525&enc=1|title=Parish population 2015|accessdate=7 June 2015}}</ref> | ||
| − | The name of Lathwaite Farm, one of several old farms in the area, has Viking roots: ''lath'' meaning "farm" and ''waite'' meaning "barn". | + | The name of Lathwaite Farm, one of several old farms in the area, has Viking roots: ''lath'' meaning "farm" and ''waite'' meaning "barn". Mediæval life of Cockerham [[Manorialism|manor]] has been recorded in the ''Custumal of the Manor of Cockerham'', compiled in 1326–1327 and revised in 1463. The custumal, a record of rents and services owed by the tenants to their landlord, combines a local code of laws with an inventory of all resources of the land, from peat fuel, cattle and sheep to shoreline mussels.<ref>Bailey, p. 61.</ref> The tenants were forbidden to trade local fuel to the "strangers" who collected mussels on the shore.<ref>Bailey, p. 66.</ref> |
The local church is St Michael's. The original parish church was in the middle of the village but was resited on higher ground due to frequent flooding. | The local church is St Michael's. The original parish church was in the middle of the village but was resited on higher ground due to frequent flooding. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | * Bailey, Mark (2002). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=CeQIWpMzWdAC The English Manor, c. 1200-1500]''. Manchester | + | * Bailey, Mark (2002). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=CeQIWpMzWdAC The English Manor, c. 1200-1500]''. Manchester mediæval sources series. Manchester University Press. {{ISBN|0-7190-5229-7}}. |
==Outside links== | ==Outside links== | ||
Latest revision as of 12:11, 30 January 2021
| Cockerham | |
| Lancashire | |
|---|---|
 The western façade of St Michael's Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SD465525 |
| Location: | 53°57’58"N, 2°48’50"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 671 (2011) |
| Post town: | Lancaster |
| Postcode: | LA2 |
| Dialling code: | 01524 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Lancaster |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Lancaster and Fleetwood |
Cockerham is a small village and parish in Lancashire, six miles south of the city and county town of Lancaster. Located on the River Cocker, at the estuary of the River Lune, it has a total resident population of 558,[1] increasing to 671 at the 2011 Census.[2]
The name of Lathwaite Farm, one of several old farms in the area, has Viking roots: lath meaning "farm" and waite meaning "barn". Mediæval life of Cockerham manor has been recorded in the Custumal of the Manor of Cockerham, compiled in 1326–1327 and revised in 1463. The custumal, a record of rents and services owed by the tenants to their landlord, combines a local code of laws with an inventory of all resources of the land, from peat fuel, cattle and sheep to shoreline mussels.[3] The tenants were forbidden to trade local fuel to the "strangers" who collected mussels on the shore.[4]
The local church is St Michael's. The original parish church was in the middle of the village but was resited on higher ground due to frequent flooding.
Close by are the remains of Cockersand Abbey. The village has a pub, the Manor Inn, though there have been at least two in the past.
Notes
- ↑ United Kingdom Census 2001. "Cockerham CP (Parish)". neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadAreaSearch.do?a=7&c=Shaw+and+Crompton&d=16&i=1001&m=0&enc=1&areaSearchText=cockerham&areaSearchType=16&extendedList=true. Retrieved 13 June 2007.
- ↑ "Parish population 2015". http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11122141&c=Cockerham&d=16&e=62&g=6441264&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1433689421525&enc=1. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ↑ Bailey, p. 61.
- ↑ Bailey, p. 66.
References
- Bailey, Mark (2002). The English Manor, c. 1200-1500. Manchester mediæval sources series. Manchester University Press. ISBN 0-7190-5229-7.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Cockerham) |
- Cockerham Parish Council, Official website.
- Cockerham Life, Cockerham village website.
- A history of Cockerham
- Cockerham, GENUKI article.
