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Holker, Lower Holker
Holker
Hoaker
civil parish:-   Lower Holker (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   locality
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   SD36107722 (etc) 
1Km square:-   SD3677
10Km square:-   SD37

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 17 6) 
placename:-  Holker
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.

evidence:-   old map:- Laurie and Whittle 1806
placename:-  Holker
source data:-   Road map, Completion of the Roads to the Lakes, scale about 10 miles to 1 inch, by Nathaniel Coltman? 1806, published by Robert H Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, London, 1834.
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Lw18.jpg
"Holker 267"
village or other place; distance from London 
item:-  private collection : 18.18
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evidence:-   old map:- Otley 1818
placename:-  Holker
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, The District of the Lakes, Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Jonathan Otley, 1818, engraved by J and G Menzies, Edinburgh, Scotland, published by Jonathan Otley, Keswick, Cumberland, et al, 1833.
image
OT02SD37.jpg
item:-  JandMN : 48.1
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evidence:-   old map:- Ford 1839 map
placename:-  Holker
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, published by Charles Thurnam, Carlisle, and by R Groombridge, 5 Paternoster Row, London, 3rd edn 1843.
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FD02SD37.jpg
"Holker"
item:-  JandMN : 100.1
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hearsay:-  
We have heard the name pronounced Holker and Hooker, both by local people, both claiming to be 'right'.

places:-  
SD36267729 Hole of Ellel (Lower Holker)
SD36107692 Holker School (Lower Holker) L
SD36037697 house, Holker (Lower Holker)
SD34867751 Lady Grey's Seat (Lower Allithwaite)
SD36077721 Mackereth's Cottage (Lower Holker) L
SD36057717 Park View Cottages (Lower Holker) L
SD36057708 Rose Cottage (Lower Holker) L
SD36077706 Shorthorn Farm (Lower Holker) L
SD36097724 Upper Pear Tree Cottage (Lower Holker) L
SD36107720 water trough, Holker (Lower Holker) L
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