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Lucker is a village in Northumberland, located about 3 miles south-west of Bambrugh and 3 miles south-east of Belford. The village is part of the Civil Parish of Adderstone with Lucker; historically a chapelry in the ancient Parish of Bambrough and then a parochial chapelry (largely independent of the parish). Amongst the notable buildings in Lucker are St Hilda's Church, the Apple Inn, and the War Memorial is located in the centre of the village. To the  north of the village is the former Lucker Railway Station and the road bridge (1906) over Waren Burn.

LUCKER, a parochial chapelry, in the union of Belford, N. division of Bambrough ward and of Northumberland, 4 miles (S.E. by E.) from Belford; containing 210 inhabitants. This chapelry, anciently Locre, comprises about 1,300 acres of good land; the surface is generally level, and the soil various: there are quarries of excellent limestone and sandstone. The village is pleasantly situated on the west bank of the Waren rivulet, which empties itself into the sea at Waren Mills. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £62, with a parsonage-house; patron, the Duke of Northumberland; impropriator, Thomas Foster, Esq. The church, built in the year 1760, is a plain edifice with a bell tower.

Extract from: A Topographical Dictionary of England comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships..... 7th Edition, by Samuel Lewis, London, 1848.

Northumberland Adderstone with Lucker Civil Parish Northumberland Parishes and Townships - 1848 Waren Burn Apple Inn Church of St. Hilda Lucker Railway Station (1847 - 1965) Road Bridge, near Station Cottages War Memorial
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Local History: Adderstone with Lucker (Northumberland)
- "The parish of Adderstone with Lucker lies in north Northumberland on the coastal plain. It stretches from high moorland in the south-west, through the scarps and vales around Warenford, to …

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St Hilda Parish Church at Lucker

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Lucker First World War memorial booklet (1921)

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Watson Memorial Hall, Lucker

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Lucker War Memorial

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Lucker Village Store at HPB Lucker Hall

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Holiday cottages, Lucker

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Buildings at Lucker Hall Farm

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The Apple Inn, Lucker

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The Apple Core, Lucker

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Main Street, Lucker

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