Haskayne

For the business school, see Haskayne School of Business. For the businessman, see Richard Haskayne.

Haskayne is a small village in the county of Lancashire, England, and on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain. It is to the north of Downholland Cross on the A5147 and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.Local residents are known as skayners.

Haskayne
Old Schoolhouse
Haskayne Location in West Lancashire Show map of the Borough of West Lancashire Haskayne Location within Lancashire Show map of Lancashire
OS grid reference	SD359080
• London	185 mi (298 km) SE
Civil parish	Downholland
District	West Lancashire
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ORMSKIRK
Postcode district	L39
Dialling code	01704
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	West Lancashire
List of places UK England Lancashire 53.565°N 2.968°W / 53.565; -2.968

The village is in Downholland civil parish, and forms part of the Aughton & Downholland ward, which is represented by three Conservative Party councillors and is part of the district of West Lancashire.^[1]

Toponymy

The name Haskayne is of Brittonic origin.^[2] The first element is hesg, meaning "sedge" (Welsh hesg, Breton hesk, Irish seisc; see Heskin).^[2] The second is one of two suffixes, the singularitve -en, or -en meaning "distinguished by...".^[2]

See also

• Lancashire portal

• Listed buildings in Downholland