Lathom
Sign in to saveLathom () is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England, near Skelmersdale, about 3 miles (5 km) east of Ormskirk. It is in the district of West Lancashire, and with the parish of Newburgh forms part of Newburgh ward. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 914. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal passes through the parish of Lathom.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Lathom
- UK place.population
- 914
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.shire_district
- West Lancashire
- UK place.shire_county
- Lancashire
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- West Lancashire
- UK place.static_image_name
- Lathom House West Wing1.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- View of the surviving west wing of Lathom House
- UK place.post_town
- ORMSKIRK
- UK place.postcode_district
- L40
- UK place.postcode_area
- L
- UK place.dial_code
- 01695/01704
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SD458107
- UK place.civil_parish
- Lathom
- UK place.pushpin_map
- United Kingdom Borough of West Lancashire
- UK place.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in West Lancashire
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Toponymy
- Manor
- Lathom House
- Pilkington European Technical Centre
- Governance
- Geography
- Religion
- Transport
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Lathom () is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England, near Skelmersdale, about 3 miles (5 km) east of Ormskirk. It is in the district of West Lancashire, and with the parish of Newburgh forms part of Newburgh ward. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 914. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal passes through the parish of Lathom.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lathom” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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