Barrow Nook Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:Barrow Nook - geograph.org.uk - 100528.jpg
Static Image Caption:Barrow Nook
Coordinates:53.518°N -2.836°W
Official Name:Barrow Nook
Label Position:top
Civil Parish:Bickerstaffe
Shire District:West Lancashire
Shire County:Lancashire
Region:North West England
Constituency Westminster:West Lancashire
Post Town:ORMSKIRK
Postcode District:L39
Postcode Area:L
Dial Code:01695
Os Grid Reference:SD445027
Pushpin Map:United Kingdom Borough of West Lancashire
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in West Lancashire

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

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.

Notes and References

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