Coordinates: | 53.565°N -2.968°W |
Official Name: | Haskayne |
Static Image Name: | Old Schoolhouse, Haskayne - geograph.org.uk - 282287.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Old Schoolhouse |
Map Type: | Lancashire |
Os Grid Reference: | SD359080 |
Region: | North West England |
Country: | England |
Postcode Area: | L |
Postcode District: | L39 |
Dial Code: | 01704 |
Constituency Westminster: | West Lancashire |
London Distance Mi: | 185 |
London Direction: | SE |
Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom Borough of West Lancashire |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in West Lancashire |
Haskayne is a small village in the county of Lancashire, England, and on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain. It is to the north of Downholland Cross on the A5147 and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.Local residents are known as skayners.
The village is in Downholland civil parish, and forms part of the Aughton & Downholland ward, which is represented by three Conservative Party councillors and is part of the district of West Lancashire.[1]
The name Haskayne is of Brittonic origin.[2] The first element is hesg, meaning "sedge" (Welsh hesg, Breton hesk, Irish seisc; see Heskin). The second is one of two suffixes, the singularitve -en, or -en meaning "distinguished by...".