Over Wyresdale
Over Wyresdale is a civil parish and a parish of the Church of England in the City of Lancaster in the English county of Lancashire. It has a population of 348, decreasing to 316 at the 2011 Census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 305 residents
- Description: civil parish in Lancashire, UK
- Also known as: “Over Wyresdale (civil parish), Lancashire” and “Over Wyresdale, Lancashire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hawthornthwaite Fell and Christ Church.
Hawthornthwaite Fell
Peak
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Hawthornthwaite Fell is one of the larger hills in the Forest of Bowland in the north west of England. Hawthornthwaite Fell marks the extreme western limit of the West Riding of the historic county of York.
Christ Church
Church
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Christ Church, Over Wyresdale, stands in an isolated position to the west of the village of Abbeystead, Lancashire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
Abbeystead House
Building
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Abbeystead House is a large country house to the east of the village of Abbeystead, Lancashire, England, some 12 km south-east of Lancaster. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abbeystead.
Abbeystead
Hamlet
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Abbeystead is a small hamlet located in the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, in Lancashire, England. Abbeystead lies close to the Trough of Bowland but even in medieval times, was considered part of Wyresdale rather than within the domain of that powerful local magnate, the Lord of Bowland, so-called Lord of the Fells.
Over Wyresdale
- Category: civil parish
- Location: Lancaster, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Over Wyresdale” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Over Wyresdale”
- Dutch: “Over Wyresdale”
- French: “Over Wyresdale”
- Irish: “Over Wyresdale”
- Polish: “Over Wyresdale”
- Swedish: “Over Wyresdale”
- Turkish: “Over Wyresdale”
- “Over Wyresdale”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ward’s Stone and Grit Fell.
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