Out Rawcliffe is a village and

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on the north bank of the

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in the

Over Wyre Over Wyre is the collective name given to a group of villages in Lancashire, England, situated on the Fylde, to the north and east of the River Wyre. The group is usually considered to include Hambleton, Stalmine, Knott End-on-Sea, Preesall, ...

area of

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, England. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 census was 626. It is the location of the medieval Rawcliffe Hall. The village has one

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church, Out Rawcliffe St John Church, built in 1838 in the Romanesque style by John Deerhurst, the year after he had designed Preston Prison. The village also had one school, Out Rawcliffe Church of England Primary School, which was closed down due to lack of pupil entrants, as well as a

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that stages a monthly quiz night. Out Rawcliffe was once a

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in the ancient parish of St Michael's on Wyre. This became a

in 1866, forming part of the

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 su ...

from 1894 till 1974. It has since become part of the

Borough of Wyre Wyre is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. The population of the non-metropolitan district at the 2011 census was 107,749. The district borders the unitary authority area of Blackpool as well as the distr ...

. Along with

Great Eccleston Great Eccleston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Lancashire, situated on a coastal plain called the Fylde. The village lies to the south of the River Wyre and the A586 road, approximately upstream from the port of Fleetw ...

Inskip-with-Sowerby Inskip-with-Sowerby is a civil parish in the Borough of Wyre, in Lancashire, England. A part of the Fylde, the parish includes the village of Inskip and the hamlets Crossmoor to the west and Sowerby to the east. Also Inskip Moss Side lies abou ...

and Upper Rawcliffe-with-Tarnacre and Kirkland, Out Rawcliffe forms part of the

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The RawcliffesOut Rawcliffe Parish CouncilOut Rawcliffe Primary School websiteNeighbourhood Statistics for Out Rawcliffe (CP)
Villages in Lancashire Geography of the Borough of Wyre The Fylde Civil parishes in Lancashire {{Lancashire-geo-stub

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