Hawcoat is a ward

Wards of the United Kingdom

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 of the UK town Barrow-in-Furness

Barrow-in-Furness

Barrow-in-Furness is an industrial town and seaport which forms about half the territory of the wider Borough of Barrow-in-Furness in the county of Cumbria, England. It lies north of Liverpool, northwest of Manchester and southwest from the county town of Carlisle...

, Cumbria

Cumbria

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, North West England

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The ward is one of the few places in Barrow that has been permanently inhabited since the middle ages

Middle Ages

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; Hawcoat was named and identified as Hietun in the Domesday Book

Domesday Book

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. It is the most northerly ward in Barrow and in 2001 had a population of 5,307. The ward has more female residents than male and is the most ethnically diverse ward of Barrow, with recent estimates stating 87% of the ward's population as being of any White background, 6% of any Asian

Asian people

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 race (Hawcoat has the highest number and percentage of South Asians in Cumbria), 4% Black

Black British

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, and 3% as Other; around half or the ward's population was born outside of the town (with many of the non-indigenous being employed by the NHS

National Health Service (England)

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 at Furness General Hospital

Furness General Hospital

Furness General Hospital is a hospital located in the Hawcoat area of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England.-Description and departments:...

 which is situated in the ward). Hawcoat covers an area of 4.58 square kilometres and has a population density of 1,160/km² (compared to 924/km² in Barrow as a whole). The town's second most successful football club, Holker Old Boys F.C.

Holker Old Boys F.C.

Holker Old Boys are an English football team based in Hawcoat in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. Their home ground is at Rakesmoor Lane, just across the road from Barrow Golf Club on the outskirts of the town....

, are based in Hawcoat on Rakesmoor Lane.