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Woodplumpton is a village and civil parish in the City of Preston, Lancashire, England, located 5 miles (8 km) north of Preston.

Woodplumpton
Bartle Hall
Woodplumpton Shown within the City of Preston district Show map of the City of Preston district Woodplumpton Shown on the Fylde Show map of the Fylde Woodplumpton Location within Lancashire Show map of Lancashire
Population	2,154 (2011)
OS grid reference	SD500346
Civil parish	Woodplumpton
District	Preston
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PRESTON
Postcode district	PR4
Dialling code	01772
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Wyre and Preston North
List of places UK England Lancashire 53.806°N 2.760°W / 53.806; -2.760

Geography

It is part of the Fylde, a flat area of land between the Forest of Bowland and the Lancashire coast.

Community

The village contains a primary school, the Wheatsheaf pub and a church. The school is C of E and has a strong link with the church.

St Anne's Church is the location of the grave of Meg Shelton, the notorious Fylde Hag, who was buried there in 1705 after being accused of witchcraft.

Parish

The parish includes the villages of Eaves, Catforth and Lower Bartle. Higher Plumpton is also included in the parish, but like Lower Bartle, is a very small hamlet.[1]

In the 19th century Woodplumpton was known as Plumpton-Wood.[2]

The parish was part of Preston Rural District throughout its existence from 1894 to 1974.[3] In 1974 the parish became part of the Borough of Preston, which became a city in 2002.

Demography

In 1901 the population of the parish was 1,208 and covered 4,970.5 acres.[4] In 2001 it had a population of 2,051,[5] increasing to 2,154 at the 2011 Census.[6]

Gallery

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  Woodplumpton's main street
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  St Anne's Church
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  The Lancaster Canal at Woodplumpton
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  The boulder over the grave of Meg Shelton
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  The village stocks
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  The Wheatsheaf Public House

See also

• Listed buildings in Woodplumpton

References

External links

Media related to Woodplumpton at Wikimedia Commons

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