Place:Arkholme, Lancashire, England

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Name
Arkholme
Alternate names
Cawood     (Family History Library Catalog)
Ergune     (Domesday Book (1985) p 155)
Type
Inhabited place
Coordinates
54.133°N 2.633°W
Located in
Lancashire, England

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source: Family History Library Catalog
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Arkholme is a small settlement in Lancashire, England, forming part of a cluster of sites along the Lune valley, each with evidence of a motte - as with Melling and Whittington. Arkholme has no surviving bailey. This is the densest distribution of Norman castles outside of the Welsh border countryside.

Arkholme was served by the Furness and Midland Joint Railway branch line, until 1960. A tunnel took the line from Melling to Wennington where it connected with the Midland Railway, the next station being at Arkholme.

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