Hunger Hill is a small village three-quarters of a mile (1.2 km) from the centre of Wrightington, in West Lancashire, England. It is described as a rural settlement.[1] It gets its name from the Second English Civil War when royalist soldiers stopped in the village for supplies.[citation needed]
Hunger Hill | |
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Sign at Hunger Hill | |
Location within Lancashire | |
Civil parish | |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | WIGAN |
Postcode district | WN6 |
Dialling code | 01257 |
UK Parliament | |
References
edit- ^ "Local Development Framework Green Belt Study 2011" (PDF). West Lancishire Council.