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Dolphinholme
Dolphinholme shown within Lancashire |
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| OS grid reference | SD518536 |
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| Parish | Ellel and Nether Wyresdale |
| District | Lancaster and Wyre |
| Shire county | Lancashire |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LANCASTER |
| Postcode district | LA2 |
| Dialling code | 01524 |
| Police | Lancashire |
| Fire | Lancashire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| List of places: UK • England • Lancashire | |
Dolphinholme is a historic village in Lancashire, North West England.
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In the 18th and 19th centuries the village played an important part in the industrial revolution. Slave trader Thomas Hinde founded a mill in Lower Dolphinholme in 1795. This worsted mill prospered and the lower village was amongst the first in the United Kingdom to have gas lighting.
In one of the worlds first examples of green living, pollution was fed away from the village underground to the mills chimney which was located in a nearby field.
The village, designated as a historic conservation area, is split into two parts – a higher village and a lower part, called Lower Dolphinholme, situated on the River Wyre. The river is the boundary between the Lancaster and Wyre districts. Dolphinholme sits on the edge of the Forest of Bowland and is less than five miles away from Lancaster.
Dolphinholme is served by bus route 147 operated by The Travellers Choice [1]. It is only 2.5 miles from Junction 33 of the M6 motorway. The nearest train station is Lancaster.
The village has a school (Dolphinholme Church of England Primary School), a village hall, a church (St Mark's C of E), a Methodist chapel, a pub (The Fleece Inn), a recreational ground, a tennis court, a bowling green, a garage (Rogersons) and a post office and shop.
Most of the historic lower village is still intact, the mill has been demolished but the chimney is still standing.
Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Dolphinholme Dolphinholme] at Wikimedia Commons
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