Woodplumpton

Woodplumpton
Bartle Hall
Woodplumpton Woodplumpton shown within Lancashire
Population	2,154 (2011)
OS grid reference	SD505345
Civil parish	Woodplumpton
District	Preston
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PRESTON
Postcode district	PR4
Dialling code	01772
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Wyre and Preston North
List of places UK England Lancashire

Coordinates: 53°48′14″N 2°45′00″W / 53.804°N 2.750°W / 53.804; -2.750

Civil parishes in the City of Preston

Go Ba Wo Br I Wh H Gr L	Ba	Barton

	Br	Broughton

	Go	Goosnargh

	Gr	Grimsargh

	H	Haighton

	I	Ingol and Tanterton

	L	Lea

	Wh	Whittingham

	Wo	Woodplumpton

Woodplumpton is a village and civil parish in the City of Preston, Lancashire, England, located 5 miles (8 km) north of Preston.

Geography

It is part of the Fylde, a flat area of land between the Forest of Bowland and the Lancashire coast.

Community

The village contains a primary school, the Wheatsheaf pub and a church. The school is C of E and has a strong link with the church.

St Anne's Church is the location of the grave of Meg Shelton, the notorious Fylde Hag, who was buried there in 1705 after being accused of witchcraft.

Parish

The parish includes the villages of Eaves, Catforth and Lower Bartle. Higher Plumpton is also included in the parish, but like Lower Bartle, is a very small hamlet.^[1]

In the 19th century Woodplumpton was known as Plumpton-Wood.^[2]

The parish was part of Preston Rural District throughout its existence from 1894 to 1974.^[3] In 1974 the parish became part of the Borough of Preston, which became a city in 2002.

Demography

In 1901 the population of the parish was 1,208 and covered 4,970.5 acres.^[4] It now has a population of 2,051,^[5] increasing to 2,154 at the 2011 Census.^[6]

Gallery

Woodplumpton's main street
St Anne's Church
The Lancaster Canal at Woodplumpton
The boulder over the grave of Meg Shelton
The village stocks
The Wheatsheaf Public House

References

↑ Woodplumpton at GENUKI
↑ Wilson, John Marius (1870–72), Plumpton-Wood, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.
↑ Preston RD, Vision of Britain, accessed 9 June 2014
↑ Woodplumpton at British History Online
↑ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Preston Retrieved 27 July 2010
↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 18 January 2016.

External links

Media related to Woodplumpton at Wikimedia Commons

Geography of the City of Preston district

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Topography

Parks & reserves	Ashton Park Avenham Park Beacon Fell Brockholes nature reserve Miller Park Moor Park Winckley Square

Woodland	Beacon Fell Fernyhalgh Wood

Waterways	Lancaster Canal Ribble Link River Brock River Loud River Ribble Savick Brook

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Unitary authorities	Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool

Boroughs or districts	City of Lancaster City of Preston Burnley Chorley Fylde Hyndburn Pendle Ribble Valley Rossendale South Ribble West Lancashire Wyre

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Rivers	Calder Darwen Douglas Hodder Irwell Lune Ribble Wyre

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