Scorton, Lancashire

Scorton
St. Peter's Church, Scorton
Scorton Scorton shown within Lancashire
Population	297 ^[1](2001 Census)
OS grid reference	SD5018648740
Civil 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

Coordinates: 53°55′59″N 2°45′36″W / 53.933°N 2.760°W / 53.933; -2.760

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]

Background

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 Steam show 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.

Scorton is home to the Bikes and Barrows Festival, which started in 2011. This event takes place each May Day bank holiday weekend.

Buildings

St. Peters Church, built 1878–79, 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 1856–58, is one mile north-east and was built for the Ormerod family of Bolton.

Hall

Wyresdale Hall, a grade II listed country house and estate is located near the village.

People

Thomas Hayton Mawson landscape architect was born here in 1861.

Gallery

Stouts Bar
Six Arches Bridge
Old Police Station (A6)

References

↑ Neighbourhood Statistics for Output Area 30UQHG0007
↑ Wyre Borough Council - History of Wyre - Scorton
↑ Industry
↑ Timeline
↑ "The Barn at Scorton". Made In Lancashire. Retrieved 2009-01-13.

External links

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