Haskayne is a small village in the county of
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated ''Lancs'') is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to ...
, England, and on the
West Lancashire Coastal Plain
The West Lancashire Coastal Plain is a large area in the south west of Lancashire, England.
The plain stretches from the Rimrose Valley in Seaforth, near Liverpool on the Mersey, to the south, to Preston on the Ribble, to the north. To the e ...
. It is to the north of
Downholland Cross
Downholland Cross is a small village in the civil parish of Downholland in the county of Lancashire on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain in England. It is to the north of Lydiate on the A5147 and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal
The Leeds a ...
on the
A5147 and the
Leeds and Liverpool Canal
The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a canal in Northern England, linking the cities of Leeds and Liverpool.
Over a distance of , crossing the Pennines, and including 91 locks on the main line. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal has several small branc ...
.Local residents are known as skayners.
The village is in
Downholland civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
, and forms part of the
Aughton & Downholland
ward
Ward may refer to:
Division or unit
* Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward
* Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a pris ...
, which is represented by three
Conservative Party councillors and is part of the
district
A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
of
West Lancashire
West Lancashire is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. The council is based in Ormskirk, and the largest town is Skelmersdale. The district borders Fylde to the north, over the Ribble Estuary; South Ribbl ...
.
Etymology
The name ''Haskayne'' is of
Brittonic origin.
The first element is ''hesg'', meaning "sedge" (
Welsh ''hesg'',
Breton
Breton most often refers to:
*anything associated with Brittany, and generally
**Breton people
**Breton language, a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Brittany
** Breton (horse), a breed
**Gale ...
''hesk'',
Irish ''seisc''; see
Heskin).
The second is one of two suffixes, the singularitve ''-en'', or ''-en'' meaning "distinguished by...".
See also
*
Listed buildings in Downholland
Downholland is a Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England. It contains eight Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. ...
References
External links
Villages in Lancashire
Geography of the Borough of West Lancashire
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