Claughton, Wyre

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Claughton
Civil parish
St Thomas the Apostle Roman Catholic Church
Coordinates: 53°52′34″N 2°43′19″W / 53.876°N 2.722°W / 53.876; -2.722Coordinates: 53°52′34″N 2°43′19″W / 53.876°N 2.722°W / 53.876; -2.722
Country	England
Primary council	Wyre
County	Lancashire
Region	North West England
Status	Parish
Population (2001 census)
• Total	562
Website	Claughton Parish Council

Claughton is a tiny village and civil parish in the county of Lancashire in the north of England, located within the Borough of Wyre. Its full name is Claughton-on-Brock to distinguish it from another Claughton in Lancashire in the Lune valley between Lancaster and Hornby. The Brock Claughton is pronounced /ˈklaɪtən/ KLY-tən, whereas the Lune Claughton is pronounced /ˈklæftən/ KLAF-tən.

The village has both a Catholic church (St Thomas Apostle) and a Catholic primary school (St Mary's), but no Church of England presence, which is unusual for a parish in England.

The parish was historically in the Amounderness Hundred. It lies between the Calder and Brock valleys. The A6 road runs through the west end of the parish, a short distance south of Garstang.

Claughton is mentioned in the Domesday Book appearing as Clactune. Later variations include Clacton, 1184; Clagton Clahton, 1253; Claghton, 1284. The name is believed to be of Saxon origin, meaning 'farm on the hill'.

The Fitzherbert-Brockholes family have been associated with Claughton on Brock since the time of Edward II. They were regarded as recusants during and after the Reformation.

The parish has one public house, the Brockholes Arms which is situated at the junction of the B6430 road and Stubbins Lane. The pub is handily located next door to the auction mart (of the same name), where farm animals are bought and sold at the weekly auctions.

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v t e Borough of Wyre

Towns	Fleetwood Garstang Poulton-le-Fylde Preesall Thornton-Cleveleys Thornton Cleveleys

Villages	Bilsborrow Bleasdale Bonds Bowgreave Cabus Calder Vale Carleton Catterall Churchtown Dolphinholme Eagland Hill Forton Great Eccleston Hambleton Inskip Knott End-on-Sea Nateby Oakenclough Out Rawcliffe Pilling Rossall Scorton Scronkey St Michael's on Wyre Stake Pool Stalmine Winmarleigh

Parishes	Barnacre-with-Bonds Bleasdale Cabus Catterall Claughton Fleetwood Forton Garstang Great Eccleston Hambleton Inskip-with-Sowerby Kirkland Myerscough & Bilsborrow Nateby Nether Wyresdale Out Rawcliffe Pilling Preesall Scorton Stalmine-with-Staynall Upper Rawcliffe-with-Tarnacre Winmarleigh

Transport	Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramroad Blackpool tramway Fleetwood Branch Line Garstang & Knot-End Railway North Lancs Steam Navigation Preston & Wyre Railway Railway stations: Poulton-le-Fylde Disused: Burn Naze Halt Carr Lane Cockerham Cross Halt Fleetwood Garstang and Catterall Garstang Town Knott End-on-Sea Nateby Pilling Poulton Curve Halt Preesall Thornton–Cleveleys Wyre Dock

Churches	Barnacre: All Saints Bilsborrow: St Hilda Bonds: Sts Mary and Michael Churchtown: St Helen Fleetwood: St Mary St Nicholas St Peter Garstang: St Thomas Pilling: Old St John the Baptist St John the Baptist Poulton: St John the Evangelist St Chad Preesall: St Oswald St Michael's: St Michael Scorton: St Peter Thornton: Christ Church Winmarleigh: St Luke

Other buildings & structures	Beach Lighthouse Fleetwood Museum Fleetwood Pier Forton Services Greenhalgh Castle Highbury Stadium RNAS Inskip Listed in Fleetwood Listed in Poulton Marsh Mill North Euston Hotel Pharos Lighthouse Shard Bridge Winmarleigh Hall Wyresdale Park Wyre Light

Education	Baines School Blackpool and The Fylde College Garstang Community Academy Millfield High School Myerscough College Rossall School Saint Aidan's Technology College Stanah Community Primary School

Sport	Fleetwood Flyers Fleetwood Town F.C. Fylde Flyers

Media	Fleetwood Weekly News

Topography	Hills: Fair Snape Fell Parlick Rivers: Brock Calder Wyre

Politics	Council elections 2003 2007 2011 Constituencies: Fylde North Lancaster and Fleetwood Lancaster and Wyre Wyre and Preston North

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