Preston Patrick
{{Short description|Village and civil parish in Cumbria, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name= Preston Patrick
| civil_parish = Preston Patrick
| country= England
| region= North West England
| coordinates = {{coord|54.2450|N|2.6997|W|source:wikidata|display=title}}
| post_town= Milnthorpe
| postcode_area= LA
| postcode_district= LA7
| dial_code=
| constituency_westminster= Westmorland and Lonsdale
|unitary_england = Westmorland and Furness
|lieutenancy_england = Cumbria
| hide_services= Yes
| population = 426
| population_ref = (2011 census)
|static_image=St Patrick's Church, Preston Patrick.jpg
|static_image_caption=St Patrick's Church
|pushpin_map = United Kingdom South Lakeland
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in former South Lakeland district
}}
File:Preston Patrick Hall, Cumbria (geograph 2040137).jpg
Preston Patrick is a village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England.{{cite web|title=Preston Patrick Parish Council|url=http://councilportal.cumbria.gov.uk/mgParishCouncilDetails.aspx?ID=544|publisher=Cumbria County Council|accessdate=3 March 2016}}{{cite web|title=Preston Patrick Parish Council|url=http://democracy.southlakeland.gov.uk/mgParishCouncilDetails.aspx?ID=342&LS=3|publisher=South Lakeland District Council|accessdate=3 March 2016}} It has junction 36 of the M6 motorway in its south west corner and extends north east on both sides of the motorway until just beyond the B2564 road. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 438,{{NOMIS2001 |id=16UG059 |title=Preston Patrick Parish |access-date=13 May 2021}} decreasing at the 2011 census to 426.{{NOMIS2011 |id=E04002642 |title=Preston Patrick Parish |access-date=13 May 2021}}
It is set in the drumlin landscape south of Kendal. The neighbouring parishes are Old Hutton and Holmescales to the north, Lupton to the east, Beetham to the south and Preston Richard to the west.
Preston Patrick has a parish council, the lowest tier of local government in England.{{cite web |title=The official website of Preston Patrick Parish Council |url=https://www.prestonpatrickpc.co.uk/ |website= |publisher=Preston Patrick Parish Council |access-date=5 December 2024 |language=en}}
Buildings
There are 27 buildings or structures in the parish which are listed.{{cite web|title=Advanced search|url=https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/advanced-search|website=National Heritage List for England|publisher=Historic England|accessdate=4 March 2016}} Enter parish name to search The building with the highest listing is Preston Patrick Hall which is Grade II* listed. It dates probably from the late 14th century, comprising the remains of a medieval tower house altered in the 17th century.{{HERR |num=43130| desc=Preston Patrick Hall |access-date=13 May 2021}} It is now a private house.{{National Heritage List for England|num=1312117| desc=Preston Patrick Hall|accessdate=4 March 2016}} The other listed buildings, which include several milestones, are Grade II.
The former primary school, built in 1775, closed in 1949 and is now an art gallery.{{cite web|title=About: Past to present|url=http://www.oldschoolgallery.co.uk/about.html|publisher=Old School Art Gallery|accessdate=3 March 2016}}
Preston Patrick Memorial Hall, built in the 1920s, is a community hall used for a range of events including meetings of the local Women's Institute.{{cite web|title=Preston Patrick & Preston Richard|url=https://www.thewi.org.uk/become-a-member/structure-of-the-wi/england/cumbria-westmorland/find-a-wi/preston-patrick-and-preston-richard|publisher=National Federation of Women's Institutes|accessdate=3 March 2016}}{{cite web|title=Preston Patrick memorial hall draws on Banks Group to fund new curtains|url=http://www.banksgroup.co.uk/preston-patrick-memorial-hall-draws-on-banks-group-to-fund-new-curtains/|website=Banks News|publisher=Banks Group|accessdate=3 March 2016|date=11 March 2014}}
=Places of worship=
There are two places of worship, each built in the 19th century and now listed Grade II.
- St Patrick's Church is one of the churches in the Kirkby Lonsdale team ministry.{{National Heritage List for England|num=1312122 | desc=Church of St Patrick|accessdate=18 July 2022}}{{cite web|title=St Patrick, Preston Patrick|url=http://www.achurchnearyou.com/preston-patrick-st-patrick/|website=achurchnearyou.com|publisher=Church of England|accessdate=18 July 2022}} (see "more info" tab)
- The Friends' Meeting house was built in 1869 on the site of a previous meeting house built in 1691 which had fallen into disrepair after 1833.{{cite web|title=Preston Patrick Local Quaker Meeting|url=http://www.kendal-and-sedbergh-quakers.org.uk/page16.html|publisher=Kendal and Sedbergh Quakers|accessdate=3 March 2016}}{{NHLE|desc=Preston Patrick Quaker Meeting House with attached caretaker's house and associated gighouse/stable/schoolroom and burial ground walls |num=1461436|access-date=18 July 2022}}
See also
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References
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Further reading
- {{cite book | chapter=Preston Patrick| title= Records Relating To the Barony of Kendale: Volume 2 | last1=Farrer| first1=William | last2=Curwen | first2=John F| year=1924 | pages= 297–304 | url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/kendale-barony/vol2/pp297-304 }}
External links
- [http://www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/township/preston-patrick Cumbria County History Trust: Preston Patrick] (nb: provisional research only – see Talk page)
- {{cite web | url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2018 | website=Vision of Britain | title=Preston Patrick through time}}
- [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WES/PrestonPatrick Preston Patrick]: historical and genealogical information at GENUKI
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Category:Civil parishes in Cumbria
Category:Westmorland and Furness
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