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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.

Downholland Cross
The Downholland cross
Downholland Cross Location in West Lancashire Show map of the Borough of West Lancashire Downholland Cross Location within Lancashire Show map of Lancashire
OS grid reference	SD364069
Civil parish	Downholland
District	West Lancashire
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ORMSKIRK
Postcode district	L39
Dialling code	0151 526
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	West Lancashire
List of places UK England Lancashire 53.555°N 2.960°W / 53.555; -2.960

The Downholland cross was reinstated by the Parish Council on the suggestion of Stephen Henders, parish councillor at the time, to mark the millennium. As 'Downholland', the village was noted in the Domesday Book. [1]

See also

• Listed buildings in Downholland
• Downholland

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Downholland Cross.

• https://web.archive.org/web/20050410001109/http://www.downhollandpc.org.uk/history.html

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