Mockerkin

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

Mockerkin

Mockerkin village centre
Mockerkin
Location in Allerdale, Cumbria
Mockerkin
Location within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY089232
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCOCKERMOUTH
Postcode districtCA13
Dialling code01946
PoliceCumbria
FireCumbria
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament

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 Crummock + Derwent Valley Ward of Allerdale Borough Council and the Bothel and Wharrels Division of Cumbria County Council.

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]

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".


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