Over Wyresdale

Over Wyresdale
Tarnbrook Fell
Over Wyresdale  Over Wyresdale shown within Lancashire
Population	316 (2011)
OS grid reference	SD5654
Civil parish	Over Wyresdale
District	Lancaster
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LANCASTER
Postcode district	LA2
Dialling code	01524
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Lancaster & Wyre
List of places UK England Lancashire

Coordinates: 53°58′59″N 2°40′01″W / 53.983°N 2.667°W

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,^[1] decreasing to 316 at the 2011 Census.^[2] 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.

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.^[3]

See also

• Listed buildings in Over Wyresdale

References

1. Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Lancaster Retrieved 12 February 2010
2. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 8 June 2015.
3. "Blackpool chairman says 'I do'" - Blackpool Gazette, 21 February 2011