Yealand Conyers

Yealand Conyers is a village and civil parish in the English county of Lancashire. It is in the City of Lancaster district.

Yealand Conyers

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Yealand Conyers
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Yealand Conyers
Location within Lancashire
Area6.40 km2 (2.47 sq mi)
Population190 (Parish, 2011)[1]
• Density30/km2 (78/sq mi)
OS grid referenceSD503746
Civil parish
  • Carnforth
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCARNFORTH
Postcode districtLA5
Dialling code01524
PoliceLancashire
FireLancashire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament

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 the Doomsday Book.

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 '1652 country'.

The village has both a manor house and a stately home Leighton Hall. The bulk of the Leighton Moss RSPB reserve is in Yealand Conyers but main visitor access is from Silverdale.

Geography

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

To the north is Yealand Redmayne and beyond that is Beetham and Milnthorpe, to its north east is Holme and Arnside, with the River Kent to the north west while Warton is to the south.

See also

References
  1. UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Yealand Conyers Parish (1170215063)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
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