Lonan (parish)

Parish Church	None (formerly Kirk Lonan Parish Church)
Industry	Agriculture, Dormitory district
Main Peaks	Slieau Ree (316 m)
Main Glens	Laxey Glen and Garwick Glen
Treens	Rigg, Morest, Shonest, Swarthawe, Brandall, Amogary, Alia Colby, Colby, Hegnes, Greste, Abbeyland, Grawe, Rauffe, Raby, Alia Raby

Kirk Lonan
Crown dependency
Kirk Lonan Crown dependency;	Isle of Man
Post town	ISLE OF MAN
Postcode district	IM4
House of Keys	Garff
	List of places Isle of Man 54°12′43″N 4°24′22″W / 54.212°N 4.406°W

Lonan (/ˈlɒnən/ LONN-ən; Manx: Lonan) is one of the 17 parishes of the Isle of Man.

It is located on the east of the island (part of the traditional South Side division) in the

sheading of Garff

.

Other settlements in the parish include Baldrine and Ballabeg.

Local government

For the purposes of

local authority, formed by merging the former village district of Laxey with the parish districts of Lonan and Maughold.^[2]

Until this amalgamation, the village district of Laxey had been separated from its surrounding parish of Lonan since 1895. Laxey, Lonan and Maughold are still separate wards of the combined district of Garff.

The

Stephen Patrick Carter

.

Politics

Lonan parish is part of the Garff constituency, which elects two Members to the House of Keys.

Geography

The parish extends from near Port

Snaefell mines

to the sea, and Glen Roy, which leads into Laxey Glen at Laxey village.

History

Henry Skillicorne, a Bristol sea captain who was later instrumental in developing the spa waters at Cheltenham, was born at Ballaragh in this parish in 1678 or 1679.

According to the Garff Commissioners' road sign, Lonan is the home of the Lonan Gentlemen's Fellowship, "world motor cycle land speed record holders" (at Bonneville Salt Flats).

In 2018

Marine Nature Reserve

for its important wildlife and habitats.

Religion

The parish church, All Saints Church, is at Boilley Veen (not marked on small-scale maps, but grid reference 430830). It was built in the 19th century as a more conveniently located substitute for the ancient structure of

St Adamnan's Church

. This 19th century church closed in October 2014 owing to lack of funds for maintenance, leaving Lonan with no parish church.

Demographics

The Isle of Man census of 2016 returned a parish population of 1,579, an increase of 2.9 per cent from the figure of 1,533 in 2011.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "2016 Isle of Man Census Report" (PDF). Gov.im. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
^ "Garff Commissioners". garff.im. Retrieved 9 April 2019.

External links

[census-2016-1] "2016 Isle of Man Census Report" (PDF). Gov.im. Retrieved 19 July 2019.

[2] "Garff Commissioners". garff.im. Retrieved 9 April 2019.

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