Yealand Conyers is a 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 ...

in the

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county of

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 Lancas ...

. It is in 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.

Community

The community is in the same electoral district as Yealand Redmayne and Silverdale. The Yealands and Silverdale were originally in the same manor of Yealand in

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. Yealand Conyers has three religious institutions, the Church of England St John's and Catholic St Mary's but is particularly of note for its early support of Quakerism. Richard Hubberthorne, one of the early Quaker preachers was from the Yealands. George Fox preached a sermon in the village in 1652 and the village's Meeting House dates from 1692. The Quaker's Old School is today used as a simple hostel and can host people visiting the '1652 country'. The village has both a manor house and a stately home Leighton Hall. The bulk of the

Leighton Moss RSPB reserve Leighton Moss RSPB reserve is a nature reserve in Lancashire, England, which has been in the care of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds since 1964. It is situated at Silverdale near Carnforth, on the edge of Morecambe Bay and in t ...

is in Yealand Conyers but main visitor access is from Silverdale. Yealand Conyers was for many years home to the noted manchester born Quaker writer Elfrida Vipont Foulds. She was the Headmistress of the Yealand Manor Quaker Evacuation School. Hartshorne, Susan V. The Story of Yealand Manor School. York, England: William Sessions Ltd, 2007. Print

Geography

Like its neighbour, Yealand Redmayne, it is north of Lancaster, and close to the border of

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. To the north is Yealand Redmayne and beyond that is

Beetham Beetham is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, situated on the border with Lancashire, north of Carnforth. It is part of the Arnside and Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. In the 2001 census the parish had a popula ...

and Milnthorpe, to its north east is Holme and Arnside, with the River Kent to the north west while Warton is to the south.

Gallery

File:St_Mary's_Church,_Yealand_Conyers.jpg, St. Mary's Church File:Graveyard_of_Friends'_Meeting_House,_Yealand_Conyers_-_geograph.org.uk_-_171042.jpg, Friends' Meeting House graveyard File:Yealand_Old_School,_Yealand_Conyers_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1451895.jpg, Yealand Old School

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