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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]

Scorton
St. Peter's Church, Scorton
Scorton Location in Wyre Borough Show map of the Borough of Wyre Scorton Location in the Forest of Bowland Show map of the Forest of Bowland Scorton Location within Lancashire Show map of Lancashire
Population	297 [1](2001 Census)
OS grid reference	SD501488
Civil parish	Nether Wyresdale
District	Wyre
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PRESTON
Postcode district	PR3
Dialling code	01524
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Lancaster and Fleetwood
List of places UK England Lancashire 53.933°N 2.760°W / 53.933; -2.760

Background

In the 19th century there was a cotton mill in the village[3] and also a railway station on the West Coast Main Line which ran from 1841 until 1939.[4] The village has three churches, a primary school, village hall, the Priory Hotel, Daisy Clough Nurseries and Wyresdale Park, and is home to The Barn garden centre, gift shop, cafe and restaurant. The annual Scorton Steam show takes place on Fathers' Day weekend in June each year [5] and the Lancashire Game and Country Festival which takes place at the same purpose-built showground.[6]

The hills around include the much walked Nicky Nook on the edge of the Forest of Bowland area.

Buildings

St. Peters Church, built 1878–79, one of three 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 Ormrod family of Bolton.

Scorton Village Hall, built 1926, gifted by the Ormrod family to the people of the village.

Hall

Wyresdale Hall, a grade II listed country house and estate with licensed wedding barns, fishing lake and host to the Apple Store Cafe is located near the village.[7]

People

• Thomas Hayton Mawson landscape architect was born here in 1861.
• John Parkinson, designer of many of Los Angeles' iconic buildings, was born here in 1861.

Gallery

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  Wyresdale Hall
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  Stouts Bar
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  Six Arches Bridge
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  Old Police Station (A6)
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  Scorton Village Shop and Post Office

References

External links

• Scorton Village
• Scorton-Lancs.co.uk
• Scorton Steam - annual event held in June of each year since 2005.
• Lancashire Game and Country Festival

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