Lucker

Human settlement in England

Adderstone with Lucker

Unitary authority

Northumberland

Northumberland

Region

North East

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Berwick-upon-Tweed

List of places: UK; England; Northumberland

55°33′56″N 1°45′36″W / 55.5656°N 1.7601°W / 55.5656; -1.7601

Lucker is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Adderstone with Lucker, in the north of the county of Northumberland, England. It is about 5 miles from Bamburgh (known for Bamburgh Castle). It has an inn, The Apple Inn, and a church, St Hilda's. In 1951 the parish had a population of 120.^[1]

History

The name "Lucker" may mean 'the hollows' or 'lake marsh'.^[2] Lucker was formerly a township and chapelry in the parish of Bamburgh,^[3] from 1866 Lucker was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1955 to form Adderstone with Lucker.^[4]

Landmarks

Lucker House, in the centre of Lucker, adjacent to St. Hilda's, Church, was previously the Vicarage. Built c.1840 by Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland, and subsequently given to the church, it is a Grade II listed building.

References

^ "Population statistics Lucker Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
^ "Lucker Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
^ "History of Lucker, in Berwick upon Tweed and Northumberland". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
^ "Relationships and changes Lucker Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 4 November 2021.