Mockerkin

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Mockerkin
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Mockerkin village centre
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Mockerkin
Location in Allerdale, Cumbria
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Mockerkin
Location within Cumbria
OS grid reference NY089232
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town COCKERMOUTH
Postcode district CA13
Dialling code 01946
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Cumbria
54°35′45″N3°24′37″W / 54.595837°N 3.410139°W / 54.595837; -3.410139 Coordinates: 54°35′45″N3°24′37″W / 54.595837°N 3.410139°W / 54.595837; -3.410139

Mockerkin is a settlement in the English county of Cumbria. Historically part of Cumberland, it is situated just outside the Lake District National Park.

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It lies by road 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Cockermouth., 11.1 miles (18 km) east of Whitehaven, 32.6 miles (52 km) south-west of Carlisle and 48.2 miles (78 km) to the north of Barrow-in-Furness.

The name probably derives from the hill-top of a man called Corcán. [1]

Governance

Mockerkin is within the Copeland UK Parliamentary constituency and the North West England European Parliamentary constituency. Trudy Harrison is the Member of parliament.

For the European Parliament residents in Mockerkin voted to elect MEP's for the North West England constituency. [2]

For Local Government purposes it is in the Cumberland unitiary authority area.

The village also has its own Parish Council; Loweswater Parish Council, which is part of The Melbreak Communities (comprising the four parishes of Blindbothel, Buttermere, Lorton and Loweswater). [3]

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References

  1. Mills, A.D. (2003). A Dictionary of British Place-Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN   0-19-852758-6.
  2. "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
  3. "The Melbreak Communities".