Heaton-with-Oxcliffe
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
|static_image_name= Duck Pond, Cathedral Drive, Morecambe, North Lancs. - geograph.org.uk - 55987.jpg
|static_image_width= 240
|static_image_caption= Duck pond at Cathedral Drive
| official_name= Heaton-with-Oxcliffe
| civil_parish= Heaton-with-Oxcliffe
| country= England
| region= North West England
| population = 2,059
| population_ref = (2001)
| os_grid_reference= SD443603
| coordinates = {{coord|54.036|-2.850|display=inline,title}}
| post_town= MORECAMBE
| postcode_area= LA
| postcode_district= LA3
| dial_code= 01524
| shire_district= Lancaster
| shire_county= Lancashire
|constituency_westminster= Morecambe and Lunesdale
| pushpin_map = United Kingdom City of Lancaster
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the City of Lancaster district
}}
Heaton-with-Oxcliffe is a civil parish situated near the River Lune. it is in the City of Lancaster and the English county of Lancashire. The parish contains the villages of Heaton, Oxcliffe Hill, plus the area around Salt Ayre, and had a population of 2,225 recorded in the 2001 census,{{cite web | url=http://www.lancashireparishcouncils.gov.uk/documents/information/Parish_headcount.pdf | title=Parish headcount | access-date=2009-01-10 | publisher=Lancashire County Council | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061210214612/http://www.lancashireparishcouncils.gov.uk/documents/information/Parish_headcount.pdf | archive-date=2006-12-10 }} decreasing to 2,059 at the 2011 census.{{NOMIS2011|id=E04005190|title=Heaton-with-Oxcliffe Parish|access-date=27 March 2021}}
The Golden Ball Inn
The area around the Golden Ball Inn, in Oxcliffe, is locally known as Snatchems, as it was once a place that press gangs frequented. The front door of the Inn is {{convert|6|ft|m}} above the road, as the road frequently floods on a spring tide, the lower car park displaying a white line on the wall, about {{convert|5|ft|m}} above the ground, showing the highest level that the Lune reached during a major flood in 1967.
Notable people
- Mary Ann Bibby (c.1832–1910), New Zealand storekeeper, born in Heaton{{DNZB|title=Mary Ann Bibby|first= Margaret A.|last= Gray|id=2b22|accessdate=23 April 2017}}
See also
{{portal|Lancashire}}
References
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External links
- {{Genuki|county=LAN|Heaton with Oxcliffe|HeatonwithOxcliffe}}
{{Commons category-inline|Heaton-with-Oxcliffe}}
{{City of Lancaster geography}}