Up Holland
| Up Holland | |
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  Up Holland Location in West Lancashire  Up Holland Location withinLancashire | |
| Population | 7,376 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SD518052 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Skelmersdale |
| Postcode district | WN8 |
| Dialling code | 01695 |
| Police | Lancashire |
| Fire | Lancashire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
Up Holland(orUpholland) is a village in Skelmersdale andcivil parishin theWest Lancashiredistrict, in the county ofLancashire,England, 4 miles (6 km) west ofWigan.The population at the2011 censuswas 7,376.[1]
Geography
[edit]The village is on a small hill 89m above sea level[2]that rises above theWest Lancashire Coastal Plain.There are views towardsSt HelensandLiverpoolin the south west,OrmskirkandSouthportin the north-west and towardsWigan,Manchesterand on to theHigh PeakofDerbyshirein the east. The parish includes the Pimbo industrial estate.
Etymology
[edit]The place-name is first attested in theDomesday Bookof 1086, where it appears asHoiland.[3]It appears asUpholandin a Lancashire Inquest of 1226. This is from theOld Englishhohland,meaning 'land on or by a hoe or spur of a hill'.[4]The name Up Holland differentiates it from another place locally calledDownholland,10 miles to the west (on the other side of Ormskirk). The manor of Holland was a possession of theHolland familyuntil 1534, whence it may be presumed they derived their name.
Notable claims
[edit]George Lyon,reputed to be one of the last Englishhighwaymen,is said to be buried in the churchyard of theAnglicanChurch of St. Thomas the Martyr.The truth of the matter is that Lyon was little more than a common thief and receiver of stolen goods. The grave can be found under the concrete parapet opposite the White Lion pub.
A burial place of greater historical significance can be found at the south east corner of the church. Here, in a railed enclosure is the grave ofRobert Daglish;a pioneer insteam locomotiveengineering and design. In 1814, whenGeorge Stephensonwas still working on his early locomotiveBlucher,Daglish builtThe Yorkshire Horse,[5]a 'rack and pinion' locomotive to haul coal wagons at a nearbycolliery.This proved to be a great success. Daglish went on to construct other locomotives and work on railway systems both in Great Britain and America.
Community
[edit]Up Holland has its own art society known as Upholland Artists' Society[6]that consists of a group of amateur and professional artists that live in or near Up Holland. They hold regular exhibitions and paint a wide range of subjects from local scenes to contemporary abstract pieces.
Upholland railway stationis on the Kirkby Branch Line.
Religion
[edit]The church was previously aBenedictinemonastery,thePriory of St. Thomas the Martyr of Up Holland.
ACatholicseminary,St Joseph's College,used for training Catholic priests, was once based in Up Holland. The college closed down in 1987 after over 150 years of serving the northern Catholic dioceses of England, and its extensive buildings are now derelict. Notable former students include the historianPaul Addison,community musician Tony Brindle, comediansTom O'ConnorandJohnny Vegas,the libel lawyerGeorge Carman,pop musicianPaddy McAloonofPrefab Sprout,the editor of the JerusalemBible,and former BritishMember of ParliamentJohn Battle.
Literature
[edit]Up Holland and its surrounding countryside its described in the English novelThe War Heroby Michael Lieber.[7]
People
[edit]ActorIan Bleasdaleand MusicianRichard Ashcroft(ofThe Verve) both come from Up Holland. Richard's mother, Louise, is the daughter of Reg and Lilian Baxter. The Baxters were a prominent family in Up Holland throughout the 20th century. The comedianTed Ray(born Charles Olden), spent his childhood in the village, his father being the licensee of the Bull's Head public house, which used to stand in School Lane.
Thelife peerCatherine Ashton,appointed as theEuropean Union'sHigh Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policyin 2009, was born in Up Holland.[8][9]
The phoneticianJohn C Wells,who was president of theInternational Phonetic Associationbetween 2003 and 2007, was born in Up Holland to the vicar of the parish, Philip Wells.[10]He has commented on the accent of the area and how it contrasted with theReceived Pronunciationthat was spoken in his home.[11]
Dorothy Wilkinson(1883-1947) the Australian head teacher[12]and ProfRichard James Arthur Berry,brain surgeon, were born in Up Holland.[13]
Dr Simon Ross Valentine, journalist, lecturer and writer, author of the first book ever published on Peshmerga (Kurdish army fighting ISIS);[14](for which he was honoured by the Kurdish president with a honorary captaincy in the Kurdish army); writer of the only biography of John Bennet (1714–1759), pioneer Methodist preacher; the Ahmadiyyah Jamaat, reform in Islam and the Globe Award-winning book on Wahhabism, in Saudi Arabia.[15]In 2023 he was commissioned by Bradford Council, West Yorkshire, to write a comprehensive history of Bradford City Hall to mark the Hall's 150th anniversary.[16]He spent his early years in Up Holland, attending the primary school in Roby Mill and Up Holland Grammar School.
ProfCharles Bamforth,brewing expert and football author, was born in Tontine, Up Holland in 1952.
Gallery
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Up Holland Windmill -
The Old Dog pub (formerly The Talbot, now a private residence) -
St. Thomas Church -
St Joseph’s College.
See also
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References
[edit]- ^UK Census(2011)."Local Area Report – Up Holland Parish (E04005316)".Nomis.Office for National Statistics.Retrieved26 March2021.
- ^"Upholland, Lancashire, United Kingdom - current time, map".Citipedia.info.
- ^[1][dead link]
- ^Eilert Ekwall,The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names,p.245.
- ^"Pingot Valley | The Wigan Archaeological Society".Wiganarchsoc.co.uk.2 September 2014.Retrieved24 June2023.
- ^"Fine art, galleries, artist profiles, news, art and paintings".Uphollandartists.com.
- ^Andrew Nowell (25 June 2019)."Wigan inspired author's debut novel".Wigan Today.
- ^EU Trade Commissioner Catherine AshtonEU Commission (official website)
- ^Lady Ashton: Principled, charming... or just plain luckyNicholas Watt, Brussels,Guardian.co.uk,Friday 20 November 2009 19.58 GMT
- ^"J C Wells - personal history".Archived fromthe originalon 5 December 2008.Retrieved14 August2008.
- ^Wells, John (16 March 2012)."John Wells's phonetic blog: English places".Phonetic-blog.blogspot.com.
- ^Simpson, Caroline,"Dorothy Irene Wilkinson (1883–1947)",Australian Dictionary of Biography,Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University,retrieved7 May2024
- ^Russell, K. F. "Berry, Richard James (1867–1962)".Australian Dictionary of Biography.National Centre of Biography, Australian National University – via Australian Dictionary of Biography.
- ^"Bradford teacher tells of his experiences in the fight against ISIS on the Iraqi front line".Thetelegraphandargus.co.uk.
- ^"Skelmersdale man publishes book on Saudi life".Southportvisitor.co.uk.3 August 2015.
- ^S. R. Valentine, Bradford City Hall: 150 Years of Civic Pride, Bradford Metropolitan District Council, Bradford, 2023
External links
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- Exploring St. Josephs Seminary, Catholic Seminary, Up Holland
- Up Holland Parish Council
- Up Holland Library
- The Baxter Family
- St Teresa's, Catholic Church, Up Holland
- St Teresa's, Catholic Primary School, Up Holland
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