Downholland is a civil parish in Lancashire

Lancashire

Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...

, England

England

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 on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain

West Lancashire Coastal Plain

The West Lancashire Coastal Plain is a large area in the south west of Lancashire, England.The plain stretches from the Rimrose Valley in Seaforth, near Liverpool on the Mersey, to the south, to Preston on the Ribble, to the north. To the east, the plain is bounded by the foothills of the Pennines,...

. The area contains several villages including Haskayne

Haskayne

Haskayne is a small village in the county of Lancashire on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain. It is to the north of Downholland Cross on the A5147 and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The village is in Downholland civil parish, and forms part of the Aughton & Downholland ward, which is represented by...

, Barton and Downholland Cross

Downholland Cross

Downholland Cross is a small village in the county of Lancashire on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain. It is to the north of Lydiate on the A5147 and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal....

, and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal

Leeds and Liverpool Canal

The Leeds and Liverpool Canal is a canal in Northern England, linking the cities of Leeds and Liverpool. Over a distance of , it crosses the Pennines, and includes 91 locks on the main line...

 and the A5147

A5147 road

The A5147 is a road in northern England that runs from Maghull in Merseyside to Scarisbrick in Lancashire.-Merseyside:It begins off the A59 road in Maghull, where it is called Liverpool Road North. After leaving the town, it crosses over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Lydiate...

.

Downholland was originally a township

Township (England)

In England, a township is a local division or district of a large parish containing a village or small town usually having its own church...

 in the parish of Halsall

Halsall

Halsall is a village and civil parish in West Lancashire, England, located close to Ormskirk on the A5147 and Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The parish has a population of 1,921 and covers an area of 28.31 square kilometres...

, becoming formally a separate parish in 1866. It formed part of West Lancashire Rural District

West Lancashire Rural District

West Lancashire was a rural district from 1894 to 1974 in Lancashire, England. It was created with other rural districts in 1894, based on the Ormskirk rural sanitary district...

 and, since 1974, is part of the West Lancashire

West Lancashire

West Lancashire is a non-metropolitan district with the status of a borough in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Ormskirk. The other town in the borough is Skelmersdale....

 district.

Google Maps

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 misspells its name as "Downhollnad". Coincidentally, Downholland is located very near the Argleton

Argleton

Argleton was a phantom settlement that appeared on Google Maps and Google Earth but does not actually exist. The supposed location of Argleton was just off the A59 road within the civil parish of Aughton in West Lancashire, England, which in reality is nothing more than empty fields...

field.