Barrow Nook

Summary

Barrow Nook is a small rural hamlet on the fringes of Bickerstaffe in the county of Lancashire, England.[1][2]

Barrow Nook
Barrow Nook
Barrow Nook is located in the Borough of West Lancashire
Barrow Nook
Barrow Nook
Location in West Lancashire
Barrow Nook is located in Lancashire
Barrow Nook
Barrow Nook
Location within Lancashire
OS grid referenceSD445027
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townORMSKIRK
Postcode districtL39
Dialling code01695
PoliceLancashire
FireLancashire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Lancashire
53°31′05″N 2°50′10″W / 53.518°N 2.836°W / 53.518; -2.836

Stone quarried from Barrow Nook was used to build the church and school at Bickerstaffe in the early 1840s.

Barrow Nook Hall was the former home of Richard John Seddon, until he emigrated in 1866. He later became Prime Minister of New Zealand.

References edit

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 108 Liverpool (Southport & Wigan) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2010. ISBN 9780319228388.
  2. ^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.

External links edit

  •   Media related to Barrow Nook at Wikimedia Commons