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A village, once a market town of some importance, with charters by Edward I (later confirmed by Henry IV) and then again by Charles 11 in 1665.
Flookburgh has what certainly looks like a large market square, but it is actually the site of the old chapel and graveyard. In fact, a chapel stood on this site from the 13th century, served by the Canons of Cartmel. There is a second 'Market Square' where the market cross stands. Near is the manor House built in 1686, and few hundred yards up the road is the parish church of St John.
Up until the First World War ships used to come up to Sandgate to fish the mussel beds off the Furness Peninsula. Today shrimping is far more popular...with shrimps from Flookburgh being delivered far and wide across the country. Tractors are driven onto the sands at low tide to catch the cockles, shrimps, and flukes.
Flookburgh has suffered two major disasters. In 1669 the plaque raged through the village, the bodies being buried in Ecclestan meadow, and again in 1686 when a large section of the village was destroyed by fire.
An area known as Ravenstown has many streets named after First World War battles, as many of the houses were built for the staff of a naval aerodrome close by.
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