Downholland

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Downholland
Civil parish
Status: Parish
Population:
Administration
Primary council: West Lancashire
County: Lancashire
Region: North West England
Politics

Downholland is a civil parish in Lancashire, England on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain. The area contains several villages including Haskayne, Barton and Downholland Cross, and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and the A5147.

Downholland was originally a township in the parish of Halsall, becoming formally a separate parish in 1866. It formed part of West Lancashire Rural District and, since 1974, is part of the West Lancashire district.

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