Mockerkin is a settlement in the English county of
Cumbria.
Historically
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part of
Cumberland
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, it is situated just outside the
Lake District National Park
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The area was desi ...
.
It lies by road south of
Cockermouth., east of
Whitehaven, south-west of
Carlisle
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and to the north of
Barrow-in-Furness.
The name probably derives from the hill-top of a man called Corcán.
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
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Organisations and politics
* Mahajana Eksath Peramuna, a political party in Sri Lanka
* Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (1956), a former political alliance in Sri Lanka
* Maison européenne de la photographie, a photography centre ...
's for the
North West England
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constituency.
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'').
References
External links
Cumbria County History Trust: Loweswater(nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
Villages in Cumbria
Loweswater (village)
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