Downholland

Downholland
Civil parish
Coordinates: 53°33′11″N 2°57′29″W / 53.553°N 2.958°W / 53.553; -2.958Coordinates: 53°33′11″N 2°57′29″W / 53.553°N 2.958°W / 53.553; -2.958
Country	England
Primary council	West Lancashire
County	Lancashire
Region	North West England
Status	Parish
Population (2011)
• Total	913

Downholland is a civil parish in Lancashire, England on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain. The population as taken at the 2011 census was 913.^[1] The area contains several villages including Haskayne, Barton and Downholland Cross, and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and the A5147.

Downholland was originally a township in the parish of Halsall, becoming formally a separate parish in 1866. It formed part of West Lancashire Rural District and, since 1974, is part of the West Lancashire district.

Downholland is located very near the fields that were the purported location of Argleton.

References

Geography of West Lancashire

Towns	Ormskirk Skelmersdale

Civil parishes	Aughton Bickerstaffe Bispham Burscough Dalton Downholland Great Altcar Halsall Hesketh-with-Becconsall Hilldale Lathom Lathom South Newburgh North Meols Parbold Rufford Scarisbrick Simonswood Tarleton Upholland Wrightington

Other villages and hamlets	Andertons Mill Appley Bridge Banks Barrow Nook Barton Bispham Green Downholland Cross Drummersdale Haskayne Hesketh Bank Holmes Holmeswood Hoscar Moss Hundred End Mere Brow Shirdley Hill Sollom Tarlscough Westhead Wrightington Bar

Topography	Leeds and Liverpool Canal Martin Mere (WWT Martin Mere) Mere Sands Wood River Douglas River Tawd West Lancashire Coastal Plain

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