Nether Wyresdale is a

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, England. In the

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, it had a population of 613, rising to 655 at the 2011 Census.

History

Along with

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. The parish includes the hamlets of Abbeystead, ...

, Nether Wyresdale probably formed part of the

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of Wyresdale in the 12th century. Historically, the village formed part of

Garstang Rural District Garstang Rural District was a rural district in the county of Lancashire, England from 1894 to 1974. Origins The district had its origins in the Garstang Poor Law Union, which had been created in 1837, covering Garstang itself and several sur ...

and the ecclesiastical parish of

Garstang Garstang is an ancient market town and civil parish within the Wyre borough of Lancashire, England. It is north of the city of Preston and the same distance south of Lancaster. In 2011, the parish had a total resident population of 4,268 ...

Governance

Nether Wyresdale is in the

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of Wyre, in the

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Lancaster and Fleetwood Lancaster and Fleetwood is a constituency created in 2010 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Cat Smith of the Labour Party. History ;Creation Following their review of parliamentary representation in Lancashire, the B ...

and is represented at parliament by

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. Prior to

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in 2020 it was part of

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constituency of

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. The village is in the

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called Wyresdale. This ward has a total population taken at the 2011 census of 2,035.

Geography

Nether Wyresdale is approximately south of Lancaster and approximately north of Preston. It is situated between the

River Wyre The River Wyre is a river in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, which flows into the Irish Sea at Fleetwood. It is approximately 28 miles (45 km) in length. The river is a County Biological Heritage Site and has a sheltered estuary ...

and Grizedale Brook. It includes the village of Scorton, the hamlet of Street, and part of the village of

Dolphinholme Dolphinholme is a historic village in Lancashire, North West England. History In the 18th and 19th centuries the village played an important part in the Industrial Revolution. Thomas Hinde founded a mill in Lower Dolphinholme in 1795. This w ...

Church

The parish church of St Peter (located in Scorton) was built 1878–79 to a design by Lancaster architects

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. It is a Grade II

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Notable people

* Richard Jackson (1783–1846), Quaker minister

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