Crooklands
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| Crooklands | |
| Westmorland | |
|---|---|
 Preston Patrick Church and school houses, Crooklands | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SD534835 |
| Location: | 54°14’42"N, 2°42’54"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 2,176 (2011, ward) |
| Post town: | Milnthorpe |
| Postcode: | LA7 |
| Dialling code: | 015395 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Westmorland & Furness |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Westmorland and Lonsdale |
Crooklands is a village in Westmorland, four and a half miles south of Kendal on the A65 road. The Lancaster Canal and Peasey Beck pass through Crooklands. The population at the 2011 census was recorded as 2,146.
The adjacent showfield of the Westmorland County Agricultural Society is the venue of the annual Westmorland County Show (first held 1799, but which moved to this site late 20th century), Country Fest (since 2009) and various other events.
In the 1870s Crooklands was described as "a hamlet in Preston-Richard township, Heversham parish".[1]
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References
- ↑ Crooklands: Wilson, John Marius: Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (A. Fullerton & Co., 1870)
