Woodplumpton

Woodplumpton
Woodplumpton
	Bartle Hall
	Woodplumpton Shown within the City of Preston district Woodplumpton Shown on the Fylde Woodplumpton Location within 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	Ribble Valley;
	List of places UK England Lancashire53°48′22″N 2°45′36″W / 53.806°N 2.760°W

Civil parishes in the City of Preston

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

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]