Population 316 (2011) Civil parish Over Wyresdale Country England Shire county Lancashire Dialling code 01524 | OS grid reference SD5654 Region North West Sovereign state United Kingdom District City of Lancaster UK parliament constituency Lancaster and Wyre | |
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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, 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.
Map of Over Wyresdale, UK
The vast majority (around 16,000 acres) 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 23,000 acres. 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.
Blackpool F.C. chairman Karl Oyston married his partner Vicki Wheeler in a ceremony at the parish's Christ Church on 19 February 2011.