Lucker, Northumberland

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Lucker
Lucker House
Lucker is located in Northumberland
Lucker
Lucker
Location within Northumberland
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Ceremonial county
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CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBelford
Postcode districtNE70
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55°33′56″N 1°45′36″W / 55.5656°N 1.7601°W / 55.5656; -1.7601

Lucker is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Adderstone with Lucker, in the north of the county of Northumberland, England. It is about 5 miles from Bamburgh (known for Bamburgh Castle). It has an inn, The Apple Inn, and a church, St Hilda's. In 1951 the parish had a population of 120.[1]

The name "Lucker" may mean 'the hollows' or 'lake marsh'.[2] Lucker was formerly a township and chapelry in the parish of Bamburgh,[3] from 1866 Lucker was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1955 to form Adderstone with Lucker.[4]

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