Quernmore
| Quernmore | ||
|---|---|---|
Shire county | ||
| Region | ||
| Country | England | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
| Post town | LANCASTER | |
| Postcode district | LA2 | |
| Dialling code | 01524 | |
| Police | Lancashire | |
| Fire | Lancashire | |
| Ambulance | North West | |
| UK Parliament | ||
Quernmore (pronounced
The village consists of a small number of residential properties, mostly farm houses, nestling in the bottom of the small valley of the
The Methodist chapel lies at the heart of the community but is smaller than St Peter's, the Church of England church which lies isolated next to Quernmore Primary School. There used to be one public house whose address is still the Temperance Hotel. The name used to be the Dog and Partridge (this name can still be seen on the electrical substation, 100 yards; metres to the south). It became the Temperance Hotel after the construction of the Thirlmere Aqueduct, completed 1894, as a consequence of the rowdiness of the navvies working on the aqueduct. The public house closed in 1900.[4] The premises became the post office and village store until closure in 2008.[5] The largest residential property is Quernmore Park, built in 1795 by the architect Thomas Harrison.
Quernmore lies within the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, although it is outside the historical area of the Lordship of Bowland.
The village was the first connected to the
See also
References
- ^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Quernmore Parish (30UH024)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ Roman Britain : Possible Roman-British Settlement : Caton and Quernmore Archived 10 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 14 February 2010
- ISBN 978-1-85284-384-7.
- ^ "Consultation Starts On Changes To Post Office Network In Lancashire, Fylde And Southport 22/01/2008". Retrieved 27 September 2009.
- ^ Jackson, Mark (22 January 2013). "Fibre Eating Mice Delay First 1Gbps B4RN Broadband Links in Arkholme - ISPreview UK". ISP review. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
External links
Media related to Quernmore at Wikimedia Commons
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