Mockerkin

Mockerkin

Mockerkin village centre
Mockerkin
 Mockerkin shown within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY089232
Civil parishLoweswater
DistrictAllerdale
Shire countyCumbria
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town COCKERMOUTH
Postcode district CA13
Dialling code 01946
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK ParliamentCopeland
List of places
UK
England
Cumbria

Coordinates: 54°35′45″N 3°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 some 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Cockermouth.

For administrative purposes, Mockerkin lies within the civil parish of Loweswater, the district of Allerdale, and the county of Cumbria. It is within the Copeland constituency of the United Kingdom Parliament, and the North West England constituency of the European Parliament.[1]

The name probably derives from the hill-top of a man called Corcán.[2]

References

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  1. "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
  2. Mills, A.D. (2003). A Dictionary of British Place-Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-852758-6.


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