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236 Chapter 15: Into Morecambe Bay The River Cocker The Cocker is barely large enough to be a river but is not sprightly enough to be a beck. It arises north of Cocker Clough Wood on a ridge between the Conder and the Wyre, carefully avoiding both. It runs past Hampson Green, under the M6 and railway line, past Bay Horse, and is joined by Potters Brook just before crossing the Lancaster Canal. Potters Brook flows from Forton, known to many through the distinctive Forton (recently renamed Lancaster) Service Station, with its tower no longer a restaurant-cum-viewpoint. For travellers from the south the tower marks a gateway to the dramatic northern landscapes. Forton has long been on travellers’ routes: before the railway and canal, the Roman road from Lancaster passed here, probably by Forton Hall Farm and Windy Arbour. Today, Forton consists mainly of new bungalows, plus the 1707 United Reformed (formerly Independent) Church, with bright yellow door to enable it to be located in the overgrown churchyard. The Cocker swings north towards Ellel Grange. This Italianate villa, as it’s always described, was built in 1859 for William Preston, who became High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1865. It is said to be modelled on Queen Plover Scar lighthouse Victoria’s Osborne House (completed in 1851), but then so are innumerable contemporary British villas. The grange is now the international headquarters and Special Ministries Unit of the Ellel Ministries. The Cocker continues south past Cockerham, flowing under Cocker House Bridge, where there is an old boundary stone. Cockerham is an old village, appearing in the Domesday Book as Cocreham. Its church, thought to have been founded in the 11th century and rebuilt in the 17th century, 1814 and 1911, is a plain, sturdy structure standing apart from the village. At the north end of Cockerham is the vicarage built in 1843 for the Rev. Dodson, whom we met in Littledale. The earnestness we saw there is seen also in his determination to rid Cockerham of all sinful activities, such as cock fighting, hare coursing, horse racing and even bowling. After the Rev. Dodson left, a public house was built in 1871 without, it seems, unduly disturbing the peace of the village. Apart from the pub, the only other establishments in Cockerham today seem to be a beauty salon and a funeral directors. I’m not sure if the Rev. Dodson would approve of the implicit philosophy of life. The Cocker dawdles through flat land drained by many ditches in Winmarleigh Moss. This is Lancashire’s This is Chapter 15 of The Land of the Lune (2nd edition), http://www.drakkar.co.uk/landofthelune.html, Copyright © 2010 John Self
largest remaining uncultivated peat mossland, supporting rare insect species such as the large heath butterfly and bog bush cricket. Winmarleigh itself is a scattered village. Winmarleigh Hall was built on the site of Old Hall in 1871 for John Wilson-Patten, MP for Lancashire North for 42 years. He became Baron The River Cocker 237 Two oddities at Forton: (left) a semi-Roman milestone - it reads “Garstang III¾ miles” and (right) six hexahedrons by the canal near Nateby Hall Farm Lancaster Canal near Winmarleigh Winmarleigh, the first and last, as he outlived his two sons and grandson. The hall is now owned by NST Travel Group, which claims to be “Europe’s largest educational and group travel company”. Residential visitors can tackle a variety of challenging activities set out in the grounds of the hall. This is Chapter 15 of The Land of the Lune (2nd edition), http://www.drakkar.co.uk/landofthelune.html, Copyright © 2010 John Self
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The Land of the Lune A guide to the
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The Land of the Lune - and its trib
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Contents Introduction 9 1. Northern
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The Land of the Lune - and its trib
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Acknowledgements Writing a general
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CHAPTER 1: Northern Howgills and Or
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The River Lune ... A great oak may
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Looking down Bowderdale Bowderdale
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The Lune from Bowderdale Beck ... T
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A walker near the head of Langdale
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Rais Beck gathers pace as it passes
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ancient earthworks on the Orton Fel
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The Lune from Chapel Beck ... Immed
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Birk Beck Birk Beck arises in Wasda
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The Lune from Birk Beck ... At thei
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The Lune below Jeffrey’s Mount Wa
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active area long ago - long before
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silence is complete, apart from bir
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in spring is not, however, in silen
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