Lowick is a village and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of the English county of Cumbria. Prior to 1 April 1974 it was part of Lancashire, the change being as a result of the Local Government Act 1972. The village appears in records as early as 1202 as Lofwik, and later as Laufwik: the name derives from the Old Norse "Lauf-vík" (English: Leafy Bay).
The parish is made up of several small hamlets, including Woodgate, Lowick Bridge and Lowick Green. Lowick Green has a red phone box, one of a number surviving in rural Britain.
For hundreds of years, Lowick was a two-pub parish, with the "Red Lion" at Lowick Bridge and the "Farmer's Arms" at Lowick Green. However, from 2021, the Farmer's Arms is run as a community hub.[3]
The village had its own primary school until 2004 when Cumbria County Council closed the school with 18 pupils.[4] Numbers had fallen increasingly over the latter years and a number of local families already sent their children to larger schools nearby.[5]
There is an annual event in the village called the Lowick Show, known locally as the L'al Royal, which attracts visitors from nearby towns and villages. There are games, stalls, cattle, ferret and dog shows, as well as competitions for bakery, and arts and crafts.[citation needed]
lowick, cumbria, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, august, 20. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Lowick Cumbria news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2008 Learn how and when to remove this template message Lowick is a village and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of the English county of Cumbria Prior to 1 April 1974 it was part of Lancashire the change being as a result of the Local Government Act 1972 The village appears in records as early as 1202 as Lofwik and later as Laufwik the name derives from the Old Norse Lauf vik English Leafy Bay LowickSt Luke s ChurchLowickLocation in South LakelandShow map of South LakelandLowickLocation within CumbriaShow map of CumbriaPopulation227 2011 1 OS grid referenceSD2986Civil parishLowickDistrictSouth LakelandShire countyCumbriaRegionNorth WestCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townULVERSTONPostcode districtLA12Dialling code01229PoliceCumbriaFireCumbriaAmbulanceNorth WestUK ParliamentBarrow and FurnessList of places UK England Cumbria 54 16 05 N 3 04 59 W 54 268 N 3 083 W 54 268 3 083 Coordinates 54 16 05 N 3 04 59 W 54 268 N 3 083 W 54 268 3 083In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 224 2 increasing slightly at the 2011 census to 227 1 The parish is made up of several small hamlets including Woodgate Lowick Bridge and Lowick Green Lowick Green has a red phone box one of a number surviving in rural Britain For hundreds of years Lowick was a two pub parish with the Red Lion at Lowick Bridge and the Farmer s Arms at Lowick Green However from 2021 the Farmer s Arms is run as a community hub 3 The village had its own primary school until 2004 when Cumbria County Council closed the school with 18 pupils 4 Numbers had fallen increasingly over the latter years and a number of local families already sent their children to larger schools nearby 5 There is an annual event in the village called the Lowick Show known locally as the L al Royal which attracts visitors from nearby towns and villages There are games stalls cattle ferret and dog shows as well as competitions for bakery and arts and crafts citation needed Contents 1 See also 2 Further reading 3 References 4 External linksSee also Edit Cumbria portalListed buildings in Lowick CumbriaFurther reading EditEkwall Eilert The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names Oxford Oxford University Press 4th edition 1960 p 305 ISBN 0198691033 References Edit a b UK Census 2011 Local Area Report Lowick Parish E04002628 Nomis Office for National Statistics Retrieved 9 May 2021 UK Census 2001 Local Area Report Lowick Parish 16UG045 Nomis Office for National Statistics Retrieved 9 May 2021 Glover Mike 20 July 2021 The restoration one of the Lake District s oldest pubs Great British Life Retrieved 27 July 2021 Lowick CofE School Ulverston Schools in Ulverston School Organisation Committee decide to close Lowick School Cumbria County Council Archived from the original on 5 April 2012 Retrieved 16 October 2011 External links EditCumbria County History Trust Lowick nb provisional research only see Talk page Media related to Lowick Cumbria at Wikimedia Commons This Cumbria location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lowick Cumbria amp oldid 1124353917, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
