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Yealand Conyers is a village and civil parish in the English county of Lancashire. It is in the City of Lancaster district.

Yealand Conyers
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Area	6.40 km2 (2.47 sq mi)
Population	190 (Parish, 2011)[1]
• Density	30/km2 (78/sq mi)
OS grid reference	SD503746
Civil parish	Carnforth
District	Lancaster
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CARNFORTH
Postcode district	LA5
Dialling code	01524
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Morecambe and Lunesdale
List of places UK England Lancashire 54.165°N 2.761°W / 54.165; -2.761

Community

The community is in the same electoral district as Yealand Redmayne and Silverdale. The Yealands and Silverdale were originally in the same manor of Yealand in the Doomsday Book.

Yealand Conyers has three religious institutions, the Church of England St John's and Catholic St Mary's but is particularly of note for its early support of Quakerism. Richard Hubberthorne, one of the early Quaker preachers was from the Yealands. George Fox preached a sermon in the village in 1652 and the village's Meeting House dates from 1692. The Quaker's Old School is today used as a simple hostel and can host people visiting the '1652 country'.

The village has both a manor house and a stately home Leighton Hall. The bulk of the Leighton Moss RSPB reserve is in Yealand Conyers but main visitor access is from Silverdale.

Yealand Conyers was for many years home to the noted manchester born Quaker writer Elfrida Vipont Foulds. She was the Headmistress of the Yealand Manor Quaker Evacuation School. [2]

Geography

Like its neighbour, Yealand Redmayne, it is north of Lancaster, and close to the border of Cumbria.

To the north is Yealand Redmayne and beyond that is Beetham and Milnthorpe, to its north east is Holme and Arnside, with the River Kent to the north west while Warton is to the south.

Gallery

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  St. Mary's Church
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  Friends' Meeting House graveyard
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  Yealand Old School

See also

• Listed buildings in Yealand Conyers

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yealand Conyers.

• Yealand Conyers: historical and genealogical information at GENUKI.
• Map sources for Yealand Conyers

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