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Downholland
Civil parish
Downholland Location in West Lancashire Downholland Location in Lancashire Show map of Lancashire
Coordinates: 53°33′11″N 2°57′29″W / 53.553°N 2.958°W / 53.553; -2.958
Country	England
Primary council	West Lancashire
County	Lancashire
Region	North West England
Status	Parish
Population (2011)
• Total	913

Downholland is a civil parish in Lancashire, England, on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain. The population at the 2011 census was 913.^[1] The area contains several villages including Haskayne, Barton and Downholland Cross, and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and the A5147. It also contains attractions such as Farmer Ted’s.

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.

Downholland is located very near the fields that were the purported location of Argleton.

References

v t e Geography of West Lancashire
Towns	Ormskirk Skelmersdale
Civil parishes	Aughton Bickerstaffe Bispham Burscough Dalton Downholland Great Altcar Halsall Hesketh-with-Becconsall Hilldale Lathom Lathom South Newburgh North Meols Parbold Rufford Scarisbrick Simonswood Tarleton Up Holland Wrightington
Other villages and hamlets	Andertons Mill Appley Bridge Banks Barrow Nook Barton Bispham Green Downholland Cross Drummersdale Haskayne Hesketh Bank Holmes Holmeswood Hoscar Hundred End Hunger Hill Mere Brow Roby Mill Shirdley Hill Sollom Tarlscough Westhead Wrightington Bar
Topography	Leeds and Liverpool Canal Martin Mere (WWT Martin Mere) Mere Sands Wood River Douglas River Tawd West Lancashire Coastal Plain

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