Ellel, Lancashire

Ellel

The Cotton Mill Express passes the historic silk mill at Galgate
Ellel
 Ellel shown within Lancashire
Population 4,895 (2011)
OS grid referenceSD485560
Civil parishEllel
DistrictLancaster
Shire countyLancashire
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town LANCASTER
Postcode district LA2
Dialling code 01524
Police Lancashire
Fire Lancashire
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK ParliamentLancaster and Fleetwood
List of places
UK
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Lancashire

Coordinates: 53°59′53″N 2°47′06″W / 53.998°N 2.785°W / 53.998; -2.785

Ellel is a village and civil parish in the City of Lancaster in the English county of Lancashire. It has a population of 2,521,[1] increasing to 4,895 at the 2011 Census.[2] The parish includes the villages of Bay Horse, Galgate and Hampson Green, and part of Dolphinholme.

The disused Church of St Mary was built on Ellel Grange estate in 1873 by W. & G. Audsley.

Governance

An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches to Abbeystead in the east with a total population taken at the 2011 Census of 6,854.[3]

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