Scotforth

Scotforth

Scotforth Filter House
Scotforth
 Scotforth shown within Lancashire
Population 321 (2011)
OS grid referenceSD482593
Civil parishScotforth
DistrictLancaster
Shire countyLancashire
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town LANCASTER
Postcode district LA1
Dialling code 01524
Police Lancashire
Fire Lancashire
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK ParliamentLancaster and Wyre
List of places
UK
England
Lancashire

Coordinates: 54°01′37″N 2°47′28″W / 54.027°N 2.791°W / 54.027; -2.791

Scotforth is a civil parish and a suburb in the south of the city of City of Lancaster in Lancashire, England. It is home to Scotforth St Paul's Church of England Primary School [1] and St Paul's Church. The parish had a population of 239 recorded in the 2001 census,[2] increasing to 321 at the 2011 Census.[3]

Parts of Lancaster were made up of several villages; Scotforth used to be a separate village. Some of the village's original terraces can still be seen on parts of Hala Road and Scotforth Road.

An interesting aside in history is related to us by Cross Fleury, (in his 1891 history of Lancaster), by which the story of Bonnie Prince Charlie's search for an appropriate battlefield to make his last stand against the Duke of Cumberland, led to recommendation being made of such a site in the instance of Scotforth. But for the rebel Prince's sudden change of mind and continued retreat northwards, 'The Battle of Scotforth' might easily have become the name of that great rout in British history...as opposed to the now-infamous name of 'Culloden'.[4]

Scotforth is home to St Paul's Church of England Primary School and to Dorrington Road which is the longest terrace of houses in Europe.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Scotforth St Paul's C of E Primary School Retrieved 15 March 2014
  2. ↑ Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Lancaster Retrieved 15 February 2010
  3. ↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  4. ↑ Fleury 1891, p. 154

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External links

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