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St. Peter's Church, Scorton |
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Scorton
Scorton shown within Lancashire |
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| Population | 297 [1](2001 Census) |
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| OS grid reference | SD5018648740 |
| Parish | Nether Wyresdale |
| District | Wyre |
| Shire county | Lancashire |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Lancashire |
| Fire | Lancashire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| List of places: UK • England • Lancashire | |
Scorton is a small village near the River Wyre, in the Wyre district of Lancashire, England. It is located north of Garstang. The name means "farmstead near a ditch or ravine"[2]
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In the 19th century there was a cotton mill in the village[3] and the village had a railway station on the West Coast Main Line from 1841 until 1939.[4] The village has three churches, one pub (Stouts Bar, at the Priory Hotel), and is home to The Barn garden centre, gift shop, cafe and restaurant, the Bowland Grill, which is open at weekend and all week in the summer season. [5] The annual Scorton Vintage and Country Fayre takes place on Fathers' Day weekend in June each year.
The hills around include the much walked Nicky Nook on the edge of the Forest of Bowland area.
St. Peters Church, builts 19878-9 is one of four churches in the village, has a special family grave set up for the Farnworth and Metcalfe family, by James Metcalfe in the late 1950s.
Wyresdale Hall built 1856-8 is 1one mile north-est and was built for the Ormerod family of Bolton.
Wyresdale Hall, a grade II listed country house and estate is located near the village.
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