Leck is a
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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in the English county of
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated ''Lancs'') is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to ...
. The
parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...
of Leck had a population of 189 recorded in the
2001 census.
In the
2011 census Leck was grouped with
Ireby (2001 pop. 78)
[ to give a total of 260.] It is located next to the Leck Beck close to the main A65, south east of the Cumbria
Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders the Scottish council areas of Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders to the north, Northumberland and County Durham to the east, North Yorkshire to the south-east, Lancash ...
n town of Kirkby Lonsdale. Administratively it forms part of the City of Lancaster
The City of Lancaster, or simply ''Lancaster'' (), is a non-metropolitan district, local government district with City status in the United Kingdom, city status in Lancashire, England. It is named after its largest settlement, Lancaster, Lanca ...
, Lancaster
Lancaster may refer to:
Lands and titles
*The County Palatine of Lancaster, a synonym for Lancashire
*Duchy of Lancaster, one of only two British royal duchies
*Duke of Lancaster
*Earl of Lancaster
*House of Lancaster, a British royal dynasty
...
itself being away.
The Church of St Peter was built in 1878-79 and burnt down in 1913, but was accurately re-built in 1915.
Geology
Leck is located on two ancient geological fault lines: the Dent Fault
The Dent Fault is a major fault (geology), fault zone on the boundary between the counties of Cumbria and North Yorkshire in northern England. It is named after the village of Dent, South Lakeland, Dent in Dentdale, on the western margin of the ...
and the Craven Fault
The Craven Fault System is the name applied by geologists to the group of crustal faults in the Pennines that form the southern edge of the Askrigg Block and which partly bounds the Craven Basin. Sections of the system's component faults whi ...
. These meet at around .
In the Carboniferous
The Carboniferous ( ) is a Geologic time scale, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), system of the Paleozoic era (geology), era that spans 60 million years, from the end of the Devonian Period Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the ...
to Jurassic
The Jurassic ( ) is a Geological period, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately 143.1 Mya. ...
periods these major earth movements formed the dramatic landscape of Lonsdale and the Aire Gap
Aire Gap is a pass through the Pennines in England formed by geologic fault (geology), faults and carved out by glaciers. The term is used to describe a geological division, a travel route, or a location that is an entry into the Aire river val ...
in Craven District
Craven was a non-metropolitan district in the west of North Yorkshire, centred on the market town of Skipton. The name ''Craven'' is much older than the modern district and encompassed Craven in the Domesday Book, a larger area. This history is ...
See also
* Listed buildings in Leck, Lancashire
References
External links
Geography of the City of Lancaster
Civil parishes in Lancashire
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