Static Image Name: | Tarnbrook Fell - geograph.org.uk - 102778.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Tarnbrook Fell |
Coordinates: | 53.983°N -2.667°W |
Official Name: | Over Wyresdale |
Type: | Civil parish |
Map Type: | Lancashire |
Population: | 316 |
Population Ref: | (2011) |
Os Grid Reference: | SD5654 |
Civil Parish: | Over Wyresdale |
Shire District: | Lancaster |
Shire County: | Lancashire |
Region: | North West England |
Country: | England |
Post Town: | LANCASTER |
Postcode Area: | LA |
Postcode District: | LA2 |
Dial Code: | 01524 |
Constituency Westminster: | Lancaster and Fleetwood |
Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom City of Lancaster |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the City of Lancaster district |
Label Position: | left |
Over Wyresdale is a civil parish and a parish of the Church of England in the City of Lancaster in the English county of Lancashire. It has a population of 348,[1] decreasing to 316 at the 2011 Census. The parish includes the hamlets of Abbeystead, Lee, Lower Green Bank, Ortner, Marshaw and Tarnbrook. The parish church, Christ Church is located about a mile to the west of Abbeystead.
The vast majority (around) of the land in the parish lies within the Abbeystead Estate, which is the property of the Duke of Westminster, and which extends into neighbouring parishes to a total extent of approximately . Of the hamlets, only Lower Green Bank does not form a part of the Abbeystead Estate. The only other significant landowner is the Leigh family.