Mockerkin

Coordinates: 54°35′45″N 3°24′37″W / 54.595837°N 3.410139°W / 54.595837; -3.410139

Mockerkin
Mockerkin  Mockerkin shown within Cumbria
OS grid reference	NY089232
Parish	Loweswater
District	Allerdale
Shire county	Cumbria
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Cumbria
Fire	Cumbria
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Workington
List of places: UK • England • Cumbria

Mockerkin is a settlement in the English county of Cumbria. It is situated just outside the Lake District National Park some 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Cockermouth.

For administrative purposes, Mockerkin lies within the civil parish of Loweswater, the district of Allerdale, and the county of Cumbria. It is within the Workington constituency of the United Kingdom Parliament, and the North West England constituency of the European Parliament.^[1]

The name probably derives from the hill-top of a man called Corcán.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. http://www.election-maps.co.uk/electmaps.jsf. Retrieved 2010-01-02. 
2. ^ Mills, A.D. (2003). A Dictionary of British Place-Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198527586.