Cockerham is a small village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
within the
City of Lancaster
The City of Lancaster () is a local government district of Lancashire, England, with the status of a city and non-metropolitan district. It is named after its largest settlement, Lancaster, but covers a far larger area, which includes the to ...
district in
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly.
The non-metropolitan county of Lancash ...
, England. It is south of Lancaster, Lancashire, Lancaster and north-northwest of Preston, Lancashire, Preston. Lying on the River Cocker, Lancashire, River Cocker, at the estuary of the River Lune, the parish had a population of 671 at the 2011 Census.
Cockerham has lain within the Historic counties of England, historic county boundaries of Lancashire since the Middle Ages, having previously formed a Township (England), township and parish within the Lonsdale (hundred), hundred of Lonsdale. Between 1894 and 1974, Cockerham lay within the Lancaster Rural District.
Medieval life of Cockerham Manorialism, manor has been recorded in the ''Custumal of the Manor of Cockerham'', compiled in 1326–1327 and revised in 1463. The custumal, a record of rents and services owed by the tenants to their landlord, combines a local code of laws with an inventory of all resources of the land, from peat fuel, cattle and sheep to shoreline mussels. The tenants were forbidden to trade local fuel to the "strangers" who collected mussels on the shore.
The local St Michael's Church, Cockerham, church is St. Michael's. The original parish church was in the middle of the village but was resited on higher ground due to frequent flooding.
Close by are the remains of Cockersand Abbey. The village has a pub, the Manor Inn.
Airfields
Cockerham Airfield (also known as Patty's Farm) is west of Cockerham and south of Hillam Lane. Its ICAO airport code is GB-0611. It is home to the Black Knights Parachute Centre.
Tarn Farm Airfield (also known as Rossall Field) is two miles south-west of Cockerham, on Gulf Lane. It is home of The Bay Flying Club, West Lancashire Microlight School. Its airport code is GB-0440.
Tarn Farm
– UK Airfield Guide
Gallery
File:Microlight Over Tarn Farm - geograph.org.uk - 1204938.jpg, Microlight above Tarn Farm Airfield
File:Black Knights Parachute Centre (geograph 6430815).jpg, Black Knights Parachute Centre at Patty's Farm
See also
*Listed buildings in Cockerham
Notes
References
* Bailey, Mark (2002).
The English Manor, c. 1200-1500
'. Manchester medieval sources series. Manchester University Press. .
External links
Cockerham Parish Council
– Rosalind Davies
Cockerham
at GENUKI
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Villages in Lancashire
Geography of the City of Lancaster
Civil parishes in Lancashire
Populated coastal places in Lancashire
Morecambe Bay
